THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



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Board has established a quarantine covering the infested territory and from this 

 region all nursery, quarry and forest products must be inspected and certified to 

 before they are allowed to leave this area. 



Fig. 112. — Egg clusters of the gipsy moth on an apple tree. 

 (Photo by D. M. Rogers, U. S. D. A.) 



BROWNTAIL MOTH. 



While the time and manner of introduction of the browntail moth into America 



is obscure, it was apparently accidentally introduced on nursery stock into Massa 



chusetts about twenty years ago. It was first found in 1897 and at that time severaJ 



townships were already infested. The insect occurs over a large area of central 



