. Annual report of the Regents. New York State Museum; Science. REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 2/5 The following account of the manner of oviposition of the Cicada is based on some interesting observations communicated to me in a letter by Mr. Ira H. Lawton, Superintendent of Schools at Nyack: After finishing one fissure the female moved slowly forward about two steps, depressed her ovipositor about 45°, and setting her saws in motion, first alternately and then simultaneously, rapidly penetrated the bark, but the ovipositor was soon elevated to .25°. After penetrating to the full length of
. Annual report of the Regents. New York State Museum; Science. REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 2/5 The following account of the manner of oviposition of the Cicada is based on some interesting observations communicated to me in a letter by Mr. Ira H. Lawton, Superintendent of Schools at Nyack: After finishing one fissure the female moved slowly forward about two steps, depressed her ovipositor about 45°, and setting her saws in motion, first alternately and then simultaneously, rapidly penetrated the bark, but the ovipositor was soon elevated to .25°. After penetrating to the full length of her ovipositor and fining that chamber with eggs, she sv/ung a little to one side and through the same hole in the bark excavated the opposite chamber and filled it with eggs. The making of each chamber occupied a little over 20 minutes or a total of 45 minutes for the whole. During the cutting of a fissure, the saws made about 80 strokes to the minute, and after making four, the female would rest for a time. The head of the Cicadas w^s directed, in the main, from the tree but not invariably so, as some worked with their head toward the trunk of the tree. ^^ Fig. Sometimes fifty of these fissures maybe made by the same Cicada punctures female m a twig, provided it is suitable to her needs. After in twig, depositing her complement of from 400 to 500 eggs, she drops exhausted from the branch and dies. Natural HivStory. The time required for the hatching of the eggs has been variously stated at fifty-two days, forty-two days, and even so brief as four- teen days. The nev/ly hatched Cicadas are slender, grub-like creatures about one- sixteenth of an inch long (Fig. 6). They are as lively as ants, and after running about on the tree for a short time they drop to the ground where they ^^^.^^^s^^^^^^^^" bury. Their strong fore legs are ad- iS^^^^^fffife^^'^ J J i&T mirably adapted for digging, and by ^^^r\(:{; 3 their use they burrow in search of the tender, succulent,
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