May 20, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Seventeen Year Locust. 
1 he New York State Educational Department 
lias issued the following circular: 
1 he periodical cicada or seventeen-year locust, 
after seventeen years underground, is due to ap¬ 
pear in the Hudson valley, May 20, or a little 
later. It is stout, about an inch long and easily 
recognized by its resemblance to our common 
dog-day cicada or harvest fly, from which it is 
readily distinguished by the red eyes and wing 
veins and the black dorsum of the abdomen. So 
much of popular interest attaches to this species 
that E. P. belt, the State entomologist, desires 
to enlist the services of a widely scattered volun 
tcer army of observers. The information se 
cured will be compiled for a subsequent report, 
due credit being given each contributor. Ob- 
scivers will make the work easier by giving in¬ 
formation concerning the following points, pre¬ 
fixing each statement with the corresponding 
numeral. It is suggested that statements be con 
fined to those points concerning which trust 
worthy information can be given. 
1. Locality. Give name of the nearest post 
office, village, town or city. 
2. Give the size of the infested area. 
3 - Give the approximate direction and distance 
in miles from the above named place. 
4 - Give the miles east or west of the Hudson 
River. 
5 - Give the date of the first appearance of 
the cicada. 
6. Give the date when the last cidada was 
seen. 
7 - Give the date of the first cry or song of 
the male. 
8. Give the date of the last cry or song of 
the male. 
9 - State the relative abundance of the insect, 
using such adjectives as millions, very abundant, 
abundant or scarce. - 
10. Was the ground honeycombed with holes 
in places? • 
ir. What is its abundance compared with 
1894? 
12. Has the insect failed to appear in any 
locality where it occurred in 1894? 
13. Were above ground chambers or huts ob¬ 
served ? 
14. What was the extent of injuries follow¬ 
ing oviposition? 
15 - Were any mammals, birds or insects seen 
preying on either the nymphs or the adu’ts? 
16. Were any cicadas affected by fungus—the 
broken bodies of old males being filled with 
powder. 
Add any information which may prove of 
special interest. 
OLD HUNTER’S AMBITION. 
A unique character, whose life in many re¬ 
spects was a parallel to that of Cooper’s 
famous Leatherstocking, passed away recently 
when James Stephenson died in the house in 
Summit township, Washington county, where 
he was born seventy-four years ago. He never 
left his home without his old rifle and hunting 
was a mania with him. Early in life he formed 
an ambition to find 100 bee trees before he died. 
He found his ninety-ninth tree several weeks 
ago and before he succumbed to heart failure 
he was trying to locate the tree that would 
crown his record. 
Stephenson was a pioneer of Washington 
county. His father was born in Berkley county 
Virginia, on a plantation adjoining that of 
that of George Washington.—Pittsburg Dis¬ 
patch. 
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