124 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



Imported Brown-tail Moth Webs. 



Received from Marie Riihl, Zurich, November 22, 2 

 boxes, containing 588 webs of the brown-tail moth. These 

 webs were principally from oak trees. 



Received November 28 from the same party 10 boxes, 

 containing 3,494 winter webs. 



Received from A. J. Cook, Berlin, November 29, 192 

 webs. 



Received from Marie Riihl, December 5, 1 box, contain- 

 ing 1,012 webs. 



Received December 5, from E. Schopfer, Dresden, 1 box, 

 containing 383 webs. 



Received from Marie Riihl, December 7, 7 boxes, con- 

 taining 4,035 webs. 



Received from Marie Riihl, December 13, 5 boxes, con- 

 taining 4,667 webs. 



All these webs are now in cold storage, and will be care- 

 fully examined next spring: and any beneficial parasites 

 obtained from them will be released, in the hope that they 

 may attack the brown-tail moth in the Saugus woodlands. 



The work of Dr. L. O. Howard in connection with import- 

 ing parasites of the gypsy and brown-tail moths is described 

 in detail in an article in the Yearbook of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture for 1905. He has at my request 

 prepared the following brief summary : 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30, 1905. 



Mr. A. H. KIRKLAND, Superintendent for Suppressing the Gypsy and 

 Brown-tail Moths, 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 



SIR : I have the honor to submit a brief report of my efforts 

 during the year to import the foreign parasites of the gypsy and 

 brown-tail moths into Massachusetts. 



Respectfully yours, 



L. 0. HOWARD, 



Chief of Bureau. 



* 



Immediately upon the passage of a bill making appropriations 

 to the United States Department of Agriculture, which carried au 

 appropriation of $2,500 for the purpose of studying and import- 



