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records it as a common insect of Nebraska. Its great abundance in Missouri the 

 same year, was noted by Mary E. Murtfeldt in the ' Ann. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont./ 

 1892, -pp. 58-59. Garman noted its " excessive ravages in Kentucky " in 1890, 

 but says that fifty per cent, of the larva3 were killed by a fungus disease, so this 

 was presumably nearing the end of the outbreak. , 



There was probably another outbreak between 1895 and 1898. but the following 

 references, seeming to indicate this outbreak, were not available to the writer. 

 H. E. AVeed gave an account of the Fall Webworm in the Southern Cultivcdor, 

 Sept., 1895. Webster published some notes on several species of injurious 

 insects including the Fall Webworm in the Ohio Farmer, May 30th, 1895. 

 In the Kansas Farmer, June 20th, 1899, pp. 1:38-1:39, the Fall Webworm among 

 other insects, was treated by E. A. Popenoe. The same account was also given 

 in the " Transactions of the Horticultural Society of Kansas," 1898. 



In 1906 the insect was reported as very abundant in Ohio by Berger,' and 

 two years later Smith of the Nebxaska Division of Entomology (Circ. No, 5) 

 records its depredations on shade trees of towns and cities all over the State. Its 

 ravages were reported in tiie same year from Minnesota by Washburn {' Minn. 

 Agr. Exp. Stn. Bull.,' 112, pp. 180-183). This is the latest outbreak recorded 

 from the Central Eegion, and although it seems to have been very severe but 

 little information concerning it is available. 



Western Region. 



Our information concerning this insect in the Western Region is very meagre. 

 The first record of its presence is given by Bethune in the ' Ann. Rep. of the 

 Ent. Soc. Ont.,' 1887, p. 58. Here he states that "last autumn (1886) Professor 

 Saunders observed it defoliating trees in British Columbia." The next reference 

 found is in the ' Fourth Ann. Rep. of the Hort. Soc. of B.C.,' where it is 

 referred to as " very destructive " around Chilliwack in 1893. It is also referred 

 to in the ' Fifth Report ' of tlie above society, and the following year Piper stated 

 ('Bull. 17, Wash. Agr. Exp. Stn.') that it was common all over the State of 

 Washington. 



In the ' Report of the Experimental Farms,' 1903, Fletcher states that 

 " The webs of this Arctiid were very conspicuous in- British Columbia " that 

 season, which would indicate another outbreak of the insect at about that time. 



The next reference to it is by Brittain in 1912 {' Proc. B. C. Ent. Soc.,' p. 15) 

 when he noted the " abundance of the webs on apple and wild shrubs " in British 

 Columbia. This was no doubt the beginning of the present outbreak which 

 attracted so much attention last year. 



Mr. AVinn : Is any record being kept of any particular locality, such as 

 Fredericton, without going so many miles away for a record? Are you attempting 

 to keep any record of your own individual locality of either of these insects. 



Mr. Baird: Yes, we have a fairly complete record of the dilTerent localities 

 in New Brunswick. 



Mr. Winn: About five years ago I wanted to get the eggs of the Forest Tent 

 Caterpillar to send to a friend in Yorkshire, England, and I could not get the 

 eggs for love nor money. Prof. Swaine, however, very kindly procured some cgs:s 

 for me; these were from Nova Scotia and were ex-traordinarily abundant. It 

 shows that in certain localities there is a great abundance while there are none 



^906. Berger, E. W. Bull. U.S. Bur. of Ent., No. 60. pp. 41-51. 



