REPORT Of STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 275 



8 Inspectors must note in their reports the dates when they are visited 

 by the State Entomologist, field agent or other interested parties. 



CIRCULAR. 



BROWN-TAIL MOTH INFORMATION. 



1 Indicate the food plant (list of trees, shrubs, etc. on which nests are 



found). 



2 Note the preferred food-plant (where the greatest number of nests 



are found). 



3 Date of earliest feeding in spring. 



4 Note if the caterpillars return to nest at night. If so do they enter 



the nest? 



5 Do they feed together in colonies or separately? 



6 Watch carefully to see if birds eat the larvae, if so determine the 



species. 



7 Note the presence of any parasites (Ichneumon flies or other insects) 



around the caterpillars. Capture some if any are seen. 



8 Note any seemingly unhealthy caterpillars as if affected with a 



fungus disease. If so send in to department. 



9 Give date of first pupation and last seen. 



10 Note any parasites in pupae, and collect a number and send in for 



experiment. 



11 Note the first appearance of the moths by watching at lights, either 



electric or lamps set in window. Capture specimens and note 

 if male or female predominate, and give number of each taken. 



12 Give date of first eggs deposited. On what food-plant. Do they 



lay mostly by day or night? Leave egg-clusters on a dozen 

 plants and mark location. 



13 Note the last eggs deposited. In fact keep a daily record of egg 



deposit. 



14 Watch to see if birds eat the eggs and note the fact. 



15 Give dates of hatching for the twelve numbered egg-clusters which 



you marked. (See No. 13.) 



16 Do birds or parasites trouble the young caterpillars? 



17 Give date when the caterpillars begin to construct their winter homes. 



18 Note when they have stopped feeding or have finished their nests. 



19 How many leaves have either of the 12 colonies fed on? 



20 Send in to the department all insects captured. Alail live caterpil- 



lars, with food plant, in close tin boxes. 



The following rules regarding the gipsy moth have been 

 adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture. 



RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OE AGRICULTURE. 



1. All persons are forbidden by law to convey any stage of the 

 gipsy moth from one place to another in the State. 



2. No person shall send the same by any method of conveyance 

 unless by order of the State Entomologist. 



