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Mr. HoAvard said tliat the Department frequently had great diffi- 

 culty in counteractJnir the inliuence of men prominent locally, who 

 come to belieA'e from accidental causes in some method of no general 

 value, and because of their belief in it strongly advocate its use in 

 their own section. A promulgation of the idea of Paris green as of 

 use against the boll weevil was mostly the work of one prominent 

 man. I.>nring the past season a very considerable amount of money 

 Avas sj^ent in Texas for the purchase of Paris green by people who 

 Avere impressed b}^ the standing of the individual in question and by 

 his forcible claims. At the recent national cotton convention at 

 Shreveport, La., however, so strong a presentation of the case w^as 

 made by an equally prominent gentleman, who had conducted a 

 large experiment with the substance and Avith negative results, that 

 no further verbal statements Avere necessary from members of the 

 force of the Bureau of Entomology, Avhich, hoAvever, has published 

 a bulletin dcA'oted to this specilic subject, under the authorship of 

 Mr. W. D. Hunter. 



The f olloAving jjaper Avas read : 



THE FALL WEBWORM PARTIALLY DOUBLE-BROODED IN 



CONNECTICUT. 



By W. E. Britton, New Haven, Conn. 



In 1901 the fall webAvorm {Hyphantria cunea Drury) was more 

 abundant in Connecticut than for many years, and, although still 

 present in destructive numbers, has decreased each year since. For 

 some time I have considered the species to be double-brooded, or par- 

 tially so, in Connecticut, but had not been able to make any definite 

 observations that Avould help to settle the matter. A statement to 

 this effect Avas made in my first report as State Entomologist." A 

 similar statement Avas made at the annual meeting of the Connecticut 

 Pomological Society, at Hartford, Conn., February 4, 1902.'' 



In the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1895, page 

 S76, and also in Farmers' Bulletin No. 99, page 20, HoAvard states 

 that the species is double brooded south of Ncaa' York City. 



According to Fernald. there is no satisfactory evidence of more 

 than one brood in Massachusetts," and Mr. Kirkland informs me that 

 the insect has been carefully studied at Amherst and that only one 

 brood occurs. 



On June 23, 1901, the first nest of the season was found in a pear 

 tree in Westville, near New Haven. The nest Avas small, and the 



a First Report State Entomologist of Connecticut, p. 271. 

 6 Fourth Kejiort Connecticut Pomological Society, p. 20. 

 c Hatch Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 20, p. 11, 1893. 



