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to Long Island Sound were treated with creosote, the trees banded 

 with tree tanglefoot, and 15 tons of arsenate of lead were used in 

 spraying work in the larger mfestations. The result of the work 

 in the towns of Lenox, Stockbridge, and Great Barrington, Mass., 

 was very satisfactory. No further infestation has been found at 

 WalHngford or Stonington, Conn., during the past year. 



Progress of the work in New York. — Although repeated exam- 

 inations were made, no further traces of the gipsy moth were found 

 at Geneva, N. Y. The colony at Mount Kisco, N. Y., was treated 

 jointly by men employed by the State department of apiculture 

 and by special men employed by the bureau. Scouts from this 

 bureau exammed 115 miles of roadway in Northcastle and the towns 

 adjohiing, but no infestation was found outside of the town of North- 

 castle, in which Mount Kisco is located. Thinning operations were 

 carried on and the entire mfested area was sprayed during the sum- 

 mer of 1915 by the State of New York. The infestation has been 

 reduced to a minimum, and it is hoped that it will be possible to 

 stamp it out. 



Progress of the work in Ohio. — The infestation at Bratenahl, 

 a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, which was discovered last year, was 

 given veiy careful attention. Thorough treatment of the infested 

 area was carried on by the State nursery inspector and his assistants, 

 and the colony and surroimdmgs were carefully sprayed. Careful 

 scouting has been done by employees of the bureau, and it is believed 

 that this colony wiU soon be exterminated. 



Gipsy moth in New Jersey. — In the summer of 1914 a male 

 gipsy moth was caj^tured at Rutherford, N. J. The matter was 

 reported to the State entomologist and was later investigated by 

 the bureau. The area surrounding the location where the moth, 

 was captured was thoroughly scouted and a number of gipsy-moth 

 egg clusters were found. The trees and surroundings were repeatedly 

 inspected, and the area where the infestation was found was sprayed 

 several tinies under the direction of the State entomologist. The 

 infestation is well under control, and a continuance of thorough work 

 should result in. an early extermuiation of the insect. 



Brown-tail moth situation. — Considering the infested territory 

 as a whole the brown-tail moth was not nearly so abundant as it 

 was during the previous year. In some of the seacoast regions in 

 Maine and the river valleys in New Hampshire severe infestations 

 exist. There are also limited areas scattered over the infested ter- 

 ritory where the bro^\^l-taLl moth is rather abundant. The spread 

 of this insect during the past year was inconsiderable. The system 

 of collecting moths at light was maintained in cooperation with the 

 United States Lighthouse Service along the coast of Connecticut and 

 Long Island, but no evidence was secured which would indicate that 

 the insect is present outside the territory previously known to be 

 infested. 



Quarantine work. — The inspection of forest products and nursery 

 stock was maintained throughout the year. On October 25, 1914, 

 a regulation was made by the Secretary of Agriculture requirmg the 

 inspection and certification of stone and quarry products which were 

 shipped outside the area infested by the gipsy moth. This has 



