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PERIODICAL CICADA. 
Brood 1 of the periodical cicada ( Tibicina spptendecim L.) is the 
first of the series of well authenticated brooda of this insect, and was 
clue to appear this year. Veil substantiated records for the occurrence 
of this insect in southeastern Pennsylvania,, south-ocrtral Maryland, 
Virginia, V,est Virginia, 2nd Tort:. Carolina were made in 1833 by Irof. 
C. V. Riley and sever..] additional localities in 'est Virginia were adds 
"by Dr. Hopkins at that tiire ; the doubtful records prior to 1895 ere ! 
Kansas and Colorado, The localities in Kansas received doubtful confirma- 
tion in 1893. Some scattering reports were also recorded in 1893 from 
southern Indiana, Illinois, and northern Kentucky. Ths Larylar.d, North 
Carolina, Virginia, and ""est Virginia records were confirmed in 1910 and 
" n ■ record from South Huntington, Lone, Island, was made that year. The 
records from Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky '.ere not confirmed in that 
year nor were those from Kansas and Colorado. The Colorado record un- 
doubtedly refers to another species of this insect. This year Brood 1 
appeared in large numbers in Roanoke, Bedford, Boutetourt, Rockbridge, 
Rockingham, Russell, Scott, and hood end Preston Counties, West Virginia. 
Though definite efforts were made to confirm the records from the East- 
Central States and Kansas, no records were obtained. 
BVOVOKh 
This year the bagworm ( Thyridopteryx epheme r ae f o rmi s Haw. J 
was decidedly more prevalent and destructive than lest .year, particularly 
in the Mississippi Valley and east-central States, reports of unusual 
damage having been received from Delaware, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, 
Missouri, Alabama, Nebraska, Kansas, and Ivlississippi. 
" kite-marked tussvj:: mote. 
Early in the season eggs of the white-marked tussock moth ( Hemero - 
carpa leucostigma 3, ... a. ) were observed quite numerous in New fork. 
southern Ohio, and Indian . These eggs began hatching in Ohio and Indi< 
the first week in June and in central hew York St- te the last of that 
month* Later in the season considerable damage especially in city parks 
we reported from the whole Last-Central region westward to Nebraska,, the 
insect being reported as much more numerous than usu. 1 in Ohio, Indiana, 
Illinois, Iowa., and Nebraska.. Though slight damage was reported from 
Delaware, this insect is at an extremely low. ebb throughout New England 
and the Middle Atlantic Sta-tes. 
BIRCH LEAF MINER. 
The birch leaf miner (Penuaa pumiln Klug. ; .vas again abundant 
throughout Kova Scotia, eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, end 
easte.n New York State. 
