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the work, assisted by Mr. B. R. Leach. Mr. Leach will give especial 
ention to remedies to ve ewployed in the control of the woolly apple 
is. 
Mr. W. B. Wood has.returned to Washington after a stay of severa! 
e in California, where he was assisting in the work for the control 
vu! 1e pear thrips. aes 
FOREST INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 

A. D. Hopkins, in charge, 
THE PERIODICAL CICADA IN 1914. 
In order to further map the distribution of the periodical cicad 
rood VY), the following notice has been issu-c by the Branch of Forest 
pects, Bureau of Entomology, through tne office of the Assistant 
oretary ‘of the Department of Agriculture. 
"The periodical Cicada or "seventeen-vear locust" ee due to appea: 
Ss year in your locality between the 10th of May and the lst of June. 
is important to know when the first examples are seen and heard there, 
‘Order to map the distribution of this 1914 brood and to determine the 
"lation in the dates of appearance at different altitudes and latitudes 
Prefore, will you kindly hand these cards to persons who get mail from 
yr office direct or by R.F.D., and whom you think will give careful 
tention to the matter and promptly return the card when all dates are 
dled in." 
fASE NOTE IN THE FOLLOWING BLANKS: 
‘a. The date on which the first "seventeen-year locust was seen. 
May. . * >. . 2 * e - * 2 ; 
%. The date on which it began to appear in numbers 
" May . bad * ad . ° . e e e e 
¢. The date on which the first one was heard ; 
| tee ie 4, 4 4 OY SUNEGS 8 kos, ewes 
d. The date on which it was heard in numbers 
May. » » e ry ° ° e » s « OT June ® s ° * a * ° ® 
Name of nearest postoffice or OT | (ee PS FE Tree fee 
Bei tence and direction from place named. ... . -miles south, 
north, east, west, southwest, southeast, northwest, northeast? 
‘Approximate altitude above sea... .. +++: -. 
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Meour Mame and address. ...--+-+: ++: 





