THE INFESTED REGION. 



Belmont. 



In many of the old colonies in Belmont no form of the 

 gypsy moth has been found for two or three years, In these 

 colonies the moth has been, no doubt, exterminated. Al- 

 though in the infested places and their vicinity the trees have 

 been well burlapped and carefully watched during the sum- 

 mer, very few caterpillars have been found except in the hill 

 section to the west of the centre of the town. Here, among 

 the shrubbery and trees on several highly cultivated and 

 valuable estates, a good many caterpillars were taken. On 

 the north side of the town, along both sides of Pleasant 

 Street, several farms are still somewhat infested, and there 

 are also a few small colonies near the Cambridge line ; else- 

 where the town contains few moths, so far as known. A few 

 egg-clusters were found in the fall in the Beaver Brook reser- 

 vation of the metropolitan park system, near the Walthaui 

 line. 



Beverly. 



No gypsy moths have been found in Beverly for the past 

 two years. All the known colonies appear to have been 

 exterminated. 



Boston. 



At Orient Heights, East Boston, 577 caterpillars were 

 found early in the season. In all the colonies in the remain- 

 der of Boston, including Charlestown, South Boston, Dor- 

 chester, Roxbury, West Roxbury and Brighton, only 195 

 caterpillars were taken, The trees in the East Boston colony 

 were climbed and carefully looked over in the latter part of 

 the summer, and no form of the moth was found at this in- 

 spection. 



South Boston as a whole has had no tree-to-tree inspection 

 for the past few years. The only colony there known to be 

 infested was burlapped this year, and 42 caterpillars were 

 found. Nothing has been done there since the burlappiug 

 season. The place should, if possible, have an inspection in 

 1898. Only 1 caterpillar was found in the Roxbury district 

 in 1897. No moths were found in Franklin Park this year, 

 although a thorough inspection was made of a greater part 

 of the park. This still further connrrns the belief that Frank- 



