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exhibited. A large amount of printed matter in regard to 

 the moth was distributed at the fair. 



In October, 1895, in response to a request received from 

 the Massacliusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, this ex- 

 hibit was sent to the fair held in the Mechanics building, 

 Boston, where it was exhibited together with another case 

 containing sections of tree trunks and other objects on which 

 the egg-clusters of the gypsy moth had been laid. There was 

 also a collection of bromide enlargements of photographs, 

 showing the moth as in nature, its ravages and the means of 

 destroying it. At the request of L. O. Howard, entomolo- 

 gist of the United States Department of Agriculture, dupli- 

 cates of some of these bromides were also sent to the Cotton 

 States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., where 

 they were exhibited as a part of the entomological exhibit of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. 



The measures taken to inform the public have succeeded 

 in arousing public interest to such an extent that many 

 citizens of the State immediately report to the Board any 

 injurious insects which appear to them to l)e gypsy moths. 

 Such reports are sometimes received from other States. 

 Many false alarms of the moth's presence have been sent in, 

 and all have been investigated. Reports of the appearance 

 of insects which were wrongly supposed to be the gypsy 

 moth have been received from the following places : — 



