250 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 7 



Scientific Notes 



Gipsy and Brown-tail Moths. According to News Letter Xo. 1, of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, a small gypsy moth infestation has recently been discovered in a suburb 

 of Cleveland, Ohio, where a few egg-masses were found. The territory has been 

 examined by scouts of the Bureau of Entomology and the Bureau in cooperation 

 with the State Nursery Inspector will attempt to exterminate the colony. 



Egg-clusters have been found in several towns in eastern Connecticut dviring the 

 winter, by scouts of the Bureau of Entomology. The pest has apparently spread 

 into Connecticut from Rhode Island and Massachusetts. No egg-clusters were found 

 at the old infestations (WaUingford and Stonington) by either state or federal scouts. 

 No egg-clusters have been found this winter at Geneva, N. Y., where the pest was 

 discovered more than a year ago. 



There has also been a considerable spread of the brown-tail moth toward the 

 South and West. Inspectors of the New York State Department of Agriculture 

 found nests on Fisher's Island, N. Y., a small island off the coast of Stonington, Conn. 

 In Connecticut nests have been found along the coast as far west as the Connecticut 

 River, one nest being found in Saybrook, west of the river. In the northern part of 

 the state one nest was found in Granby and four in Simsbury. These points are 

 several miles west of the Connecticut River. It seems to be only a matter of a few 

 years when all parts of the state will become infested, and the moths will probably 

 soon reach the eastern end of Long Island, if they have not already done so. 



W. E. B. 



Publications of the Bureau of Entomology. On July 1, 1913, the series of bulletins 

 and circulars of the several bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture were 

 discontinued and a general or departmental series to take the place of them was 

 started. The Technical Series of the Bureau of Entomology was also discontinued and 

 such entomological matter of this nature as is to be published by the department 

 hereafter (i.e., technical matter which is the result of original research) will appear 

 in the new Journal of Agricultural Research. 



The concluding number of the circular series is No. 173; of the bulletin series, No. 

 127, and of the Technical Series, No. 27. Bulletin No. 123 has jast been issued, and 

 Technical Series No. 26 will be issued in a week or so; these two will fill up the gaps 

 in the two series. 



As several of the bulletins and Technical Series bulletins which have been issued in 

 parts are still incomplete, the bureau is to be permitted to com]:)lete these and this 

 will be done during the next few months. Each of these bulletins, when complete, 

 will consist of at least two parts and will have in addition an index or a Contents-and- 

 Index part. An exception to this rule is Bulletin No. 83, which cannot, under 

 the new plan of publication for the Department, be completed. Part I will be the 

 only part of this bulletin issued, and there will be no index part. 



(From Neivs Lel'.er No. 1, Buremi of Erdamology.) 



Notes on Three Imported Insects Occurring In New Jersey. Aspidiotus 

 {Diaspidiotus) tsugoe Marlatt., During the spring of 1910 hemlock imported from 

 Japan was found to be badly infested by the above scale described by Marlatt in 

 Entomological News for November, 1911. From the badly infested condition of the 

 trees, it was considered an extremely unwelcome importation. In the report of the 

 state entomologist by Dr. J. B. Smith published in the Proceedings of the thirty- 

 ninth annual meeting of the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture for 1912, Doctor 



