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had transformed. All trees infested with caterpillars or egg; masses 

 were marked, as is done in Massachusetts. A breeding cage was made 

 on the grounds, and in it were reared a number of adults for exhibi- 

 tion and illustrative purposes. During August a gang of laborers 

 was employed to cut and burn brush, and the hedgerows through some 

 of the fields were cleaned up. We interviewed the selectmen, inter- 

 ested them in our work, and they cooperated by cutting all the brush 

 along the higliAvays through and for some distance beyond the 

 infested district. This brush was burned by our men. In four 

 places caterpillars transformed in the stone walls, and egg masses 

 were laid there. The walls were overhauled, eggs destroyed, and the 

 walls relaid. All work was suspended September 1 to enable us to 

 make the animal inspection of nurseries. Since Xovember IG five 

 men have been employed cutting and burning brush and scouting for 

 egg masses. 



It was necessary to do considerable educational work, and immedi- 

 ately Bulletin 153 was issued from the Connecticut Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station giving brief accounts of the gipsy and brown-tail 

 moths. Two months later the annual report, containing a further 

 account of the gipsy moth, was distributed. Figures and brief 

 descriptions of the insect and its injuries were printed on cards 11 

 by 14 inches in size, and nearly 2,000 of these have been distributed 

 to schools. A number of life history sets in Riker mounts have been 

 placed in drug-store windoAvs in Stonington, ]Mystic, Noank, Groton, 

 and New London. An illustrated lecture was given at New Haven 

 May and at Stonington Xovember 2G; specimens have been shown 

 and talks given about the insect in about a dozen meetings in various 

 other parts of the State. 



Scouting for egg masses was done in April at Mystic. Midway, 

 Xew London, Plainfield, Danielson, Putnam, and Willimantic. 

 NearW all portions of the State are visited during the j^ear by some 

 member of the office force on the lookout for such things, but no 

 gipsy moths have been found anywhere outside of Stonington. 



Up to the present time th(> results obtained may l)e expressed by 

 the statistics in the following table: 



Egg masses laid in 11)05: 



Nunibci- destroyed 20 



Nuinber liatclied 36 



Egg nijisses laid in 1!Km;, luiiiiix'r destroyed . 47 



('ateri)illars destroyed in. OOO 



I'upa' destroyed 47 



Xuiiil)er of trees banded, more than l..'l(K) 



Amount of money expended .*f!1.700 



.V word as to funds: A few hundred dollars only could be spared 

 at that time from our State aj)propriati()n for insect work, and the 



