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I0DIOA1 CICADA 
Brood VI of the periodical cicada ( Magi cicada septendecim L.) is an un- 
important scattering one, although, it covers a wider territory than any of the 
other 17-year broods. For the most part the "brood is recognized "by the appear- 
ance of a few individuals, As in previous years, rather strong broods appeared 
in the extreme northwestern part of its range in Wisconsin, and in the extreme 
southeastern part of its range in the Carolinas. Strange to say the strong 
broods reported in northern Michigan in 1898 are not recorded as having 
appeared in 1915 or this year. In fact, the insect was not even observed in 
that State. The following list gives the States and counties in which Brood 
VI appeared this year: 
Delaware , Sussex. 
Georgia , Hambersham, Pike, Rabun, Stephens. 
Illinois , Mason, Morgan, Vermilion. 
Indiana , Lawrence, Steuben"; 
Kentucky , Breathitt, Crittenden, Elliot, Gallatin, Grant, Letcher, Livingston, 
Kenton, Madison. 
Maryland , Frederick, Montgomery, Prince Georges, 
Missouri , Boone, Linn. 
North Carolina , Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Henderson, Macon, McDowell, 
Polk, Wake. 
Ohio, Allen, Auglaize, Paulding,- Richland, Van Wert. 
Okl ahoma , Payn e . 
Pennsylvania , Adams, Carbon, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Luzerne, Lycoming, 
Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Westmoreland, York. 
South Carolina . Greenville, Oconee, Pickens. 
Virginia, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Powhatan. 
West Virginia , Hamp shire. 
Wisconsin , Door, Vernon. 
WALKINGSTICKS 
. During September a very heavy infestation of forest trees by walkingsticks 
caused severe defoliation in limited areas in southern Pennsylvania. During 
October a similar outbreak was reported from Ohio. 
JAPANESE BEETLE 
The area of continuous infestation by the Japanese beetle ( Popillia Japonic 
Newm.) is estimated to cover approximately 7,000 square miles and includes prac- 
tically all of New Jersey except the northern counties, the five counties west o 
the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware south to Port Penn, wi 
areas of infestation in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, 
Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Traps placed this summer out- 
side of the area already quarantined resulted in the discovery of infestations 
at several points outside of the previously regulated area. Among these were 
Augusta and Portland, Me.; Concord, Dover, Keene, Manchester, Portsmouth, and 
West Lebanon, N.K.; Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, and White Siver Junction, Vt.; 
Canton, Cleveland, Steubenville, and Zanesville, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.; Charles 
Town, Martinsburg, and Wheeling, W. Va.; Durham, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem, N.C. 
and Florence, S.C. This insect appears to be decreasing in numbers and damage 
in the areas "longest infested. 
