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October 13, reported from Fairmont, West Virginia, as 

 having been destroyed by the hundreds of thousands by the 

 lights of the town. (H. A. Williams.) 



October 18, Charleston, West Virginia, millions reported 

 covering poles and the ground near electric light following an 

 almost continuous rain for 24 hours. (W. O. Daum.) 



October 19, reported as swarming in an orchard at Good- 

 land, Indiana, by thousands. (Miss Myrtle E. Alter.) 



October 20, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, moths flying about 

 the lights at night in great numbers. (M. R. Tullis.) 



October 30, correspondent at Shephard, Ohio, reported 

 that one night in September a light shower fell and the next 

 morning the premises were covered with these moths. (Mrs. 

 Chas. Matthews.) 



Mr. Gahan spoke of letters from four correspondents of 

 the Maryland Experiment Station, which tell of extensive 

 swarms of this moth in the western part of the State during 

 the latter part of September and earl)- part of October. The 

 first letter is from D. W. Crowther, Smithsburg, Washing- 

 ton County, under date of September 20, and states that the 

 moths are abundant in his peach orchard, and that they collect 

 in large numbers on the specked fruit. September 28, Mr. 

 Edward Harris, of Cumberland, Allegany County, sent 

 specimens and stated that the moth was present in larg-e num- 

 bers in the city of Cumberland. Again on October 4, Mr. 

 Harris wrote that the moth was still plentiful and that it had 

 been reported from Piedmont and Keyser, West Virginia. 



October 2, a correspondent of a Baltimore paper, whose 

 letter was referred to the experiment station for reply, wrote 

 that Allegany County was deluged with the moths, which 

 collected on the electric-light poles in such numbers as to 

 cover them. 



October 4, G. W. Thomas, of Adamstown, Frederick 

 County, sent specimens and stated that they were abundant 

 in his vineyard, where they were apparently eating- the punct- 

 ured grapes. 



Numerous specimens were observed by the speaker on the 

 windows of his home at Berwyn, Maryland, one evening dur- 

 ing the first week in October. 



