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nothing in this Act shall authorize any person to open any letter or 

 sealed matter of the first-class not addressed to himself. 



Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 and he is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and promulgate 

 rules and regulations under which the insects covered by sections one 

 and two of this Act may be mailed, shipped, transported, delivered, 

 and removed, for scientific purposes, from one State or Territory into 

 another State or Territory, or from the District of Columbia into a 

 State or Territory, or from a State or Territory into the District of 

 Columbia, and any insects covered by sections one and two of this Act 

 may be so mailed, shipped, transported, delivered, and removed, for 

 scientific purposes, under the rules and regulations of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture : Provided, That the rules and regulations of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, in so far as they affect the method of mailing 

 insects, shall be approved by the Postmaster-General, and nothing in 

 this Act shall be construed to prevent any State from making and 

 enforcing laws in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, prohibiting 

 or regulating the admission into that State of insects from a foreign 

 country. 



Sec. 4. That any person, company, or corporation who shall know- 

 ingly violate the provisions of section one of this Act shall, for each 

 offense, be fined, upon conviction thereof, not more than five thousand 

 dollars or imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years, or both, 

 at the discretion of the court. 



Approved, March 3, 1905. 



LIFE HISTORY OF THE GIPSY MOTH. 



As the life history of this moth appeared in full in my last 

 report I will only show the egg-cluster, adult caterpillar and 

 female moth, quoting the description from my last report as 

 there are many who did not receive the report of last year who 

 will w^ant to learn of these stages, at least, so as to be able to 

 identify the insect if seen. 



There are four distinct stages in the life history of this insect, 

 namely, the egg, larva or caterpillar, pupa and adult or perfect 

 moth. The accompanying cuts are life size. 



EGG CLUSTER. 



The eggs are deposited in masses of from three to five hun- 

 dred in a cluster. These are laid during the period from the 

 last of July to the middle of August The eggs are very small, 

 the cluster (Fig. 12) averaging about an inch in diameter, of 

 irregular outline, flattened and covered with a yellowish, felt- 

 like substance which comes from the body of the female during 



