FOREST AND SHADE -THEE INSECTS 
fiEgTCRAL FEJJDERS 
GIPSY MOTH (Porthetria disbar L ( ) 
New Hampshire I\, R„ Lcwry (August): M^ch less common than normally, 
there- having "been no woodland defoliation in the State, as far 
as I know. 
FALL WEBWQHM C^^ar»^^ja_qunea Drury) 
Connecticut Mo ? a Zappe (August 23'»; Webs of the fall w.ebworm do not 
seem to be very abundant this year, and are not as plentiful 
as last year. 
PERIODICAL CICADA, (TJbicina septendeci m L. ) 
New York W* T* Davis (August k) : Relative to the 17-year cicada on 
Staten Island., in 192^, I can state that on June 2.J I hearid 
about 6 siraging in the woods immediately south of the ra?-lroad 
stat;. on at OiiCrood Heights* ?.' saw two of tne males, and 
climbed up the small trees after them, bat they flew aways, 
owing to the jarring of the t.sec Moiris Gerst has given 
rce the right fore wing of a 17— year cicada found by him at West 
New Brighton, also on June 23, and Charles ?• 3enedict reported 
that he had heard' several singing in Jime in the trees about 
his heme at Tiest New Brighton, Frederick M. Schott also heard 
about a dozen singing at Bear Mfc», New York, in June. 
New Jersey W« T,> Davis (August k)s At Murray Hill, on June l6, Frederick 
M* Schott founa a dead l7--year cicada, which he has given its 
me, and on June 2M-, he found a fqw at Califcu, N.J. As in 
1907, the specimens do not appear to nave been numerous in 
this vicinity* 
Georgia J. D. More (August IS); It is also noteworthy that with thes 
exception of a single report made by Mr. Chaff in, on July 10, 
of the 13-year old cicada said to De found at Savannah no other 
information was received concerning this pest, although letters 
of warning were sent to the various county agents at places 
where it might have been expected that it would appear. No 
specimens of these cicada were forwarded to the Atlanta office, 
WHITE MARKED TUSSOCK-MOTH ( Heimer^campa leucostigma 
S . & A» ) 
Indiana C. R. Cleveland (August 19)-' I s unusually abundant at 
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