1907.] THE GYPSY MOTH IN CONNECTICUT. I5I 



and beyond the infested region. This brush was burned by 

 our men. 



Messrs. Phelps and Darrell have cut considerable brush on 

 their own places to help along with the work. 



SUMMARY. 



1905 Egg-masses destroyed before hatching, 29 



1905 Egg-masses which hatched, . . 36 



1906 Egg-masses destroyed, 

 Caterpillars destroyed, 

 Cocoons destroyed, 

 Trees banded, 

 Money expended, 



47 

 10,000 



47 

 1,300 



$1,700.00 



PENALTY FOR SENDING LIVING INSECTS. 



There is a heavy fine for sending living gypsy moths in 

 any stage by mail, or from one state to another, except for 

 scientific purposes. Any attempt to otherwise spread the pests 

 maliciously would be summarily dealt with, and the perpetrator 

 severely punished if caught. 



In the whole of our work at Stonington we have never 

 taken away any living eggs, caterpillars, pupae or adults, but 

 have always killed them before carrying them to New Haven 

 for illustrative specimens. It would not pay to take the risk 

 of transporting them alive. 



IMPORTATION OF PARASITES. 



In the last appropriation of the Massachusetts legislature 

 a certain amount was set aside to pay the expenses of gather- 

 ing and bringing to this country some of the parasites and 

 predaceous enemies that serve to hold the gypsy moth in check 

 in Europe. 



Congress has also made a small appropriation to the Bureau 

 of Entomology for similar purposes. Mr. Kirkland early 

 sought co-operation with Dr. Howard, Chief of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, and placed the matter in his hands. Dr. Howard 

 made a trip to Europe in 1905 and again in the summer of 1906, 

 and had a large number of parasitized larvae, cocoons and eggs 

 sent to Massachusetts, where they have reared the parasites 

 (the secondary or hyperparasites being destroyed) and a large 



