98 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



WELLESLEY. 

 F. M. ABBOTT, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $2,221 43 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 4,442 85 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 246 41 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



Wellesley is generally infested by the gypsy and brown- 

 tail moths. None of the colonies so far observed are of 

 particular size, but the conditions are ripe for a serious moth 

 outbreak in the near future, unless vigorous measures are 

 employed. The local superintendent has taken up the work 

 with a great deal of enthusiasm, and is carrying on a thorough 

 inspection of the entire town. The fall work against the 

 moths is also under way, and is being carried out in a most 

 satisfactory manner. The usual campaign of burlapping and 

 possibly spraying will be necessary here next year. 



AYENHAM. 

 S. W. WOODASON, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $420 40 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 840 80 

 1905, amount expended in woi'k against moths, . . 1,043 45 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 623 05 



This town is now generally infested by the gypsy moth. 

 Only small numbers of the insect have been found in each 

 locality examined, but the pest is thoroughly scattered over 

 the entire town. During November the local superintendent 

 cut the brush along the roadsides in the infested sections. 

 At the present writing the nests of both brown-tail and 

 gypsy moths on street trees throughout the greater part of 

 the town have been destroyed. A large amount of work, 

 particularly burlapping and spraying, must be done next 

 season in this town. The work by the local superintendent 

 has been thorough and efficient, and should yield good results 

 next season. 



