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Under the State laws of Massachusetts and through its liberal appro- 

 priations, the trees on the streets and in the residential sections of the 

 cities and towns have received sufficient attention to prevent any 

 serious damage this year. 



New Hampshire. — In New Hampshire the presence of the gipsy 

 moth in small numbers was known in the autumn of 1905 in all of the 

 seacoast towns and in the city of Portsmouth, but little systematic 

 work was done until August of this year, since which time employees 

 of the Bureau of Entomology have discovered the moth widely scat- 

 tered in eight towns, which are all that have been thoroughly scouted. 

 This territory includes Greenland, Portsmouth, Seabrook, Hampton 

 Falls, North Hampton, and Kye. Effective scouting, however, can be 

 done onl}^ after the leaves fall, and ihct now going on will probably 

 reveal the presence of the insect over a much larger area. 



Maine. — During the earlv autumn the gipsy moth was reported in 

 KitterjT^, Me., since which time a careful scout has been made of 

 Kittery, Eliot, and York, in all of which towns the insect has been 

 discovered, with the probability that it will be found in other towns. 

 Systematic scouting work is being continued in this State. 



Rhode Island. — The gipsy moth was discovered in Providence, R. I., 

 in 1901, and during that summer the city made some effort toward its 

 eradication. From 1901 to 1906 ver}?- little work was done, and dur- 

 ing that period the moth has spread until it now abounds in nearly 

 every portion of the city, occurring in the largest numbers in the 

 northeastern and southwestern sections. It has spread also into the 

 adjoining towns of Cranston and Johnston. 



There are several small but very bad colonies in Providence, some 

 of which show infestation almost equal to the badlj'' infested places 

 in Massachusetts. Most of the known infestation is confined to city 

 propert}^ and, unless large colonies of the moth are discovered in the 

 woodlands, a continued, aggressive campaign should result in the 

 extermination of the pest in this territory. 



Connecticut. — In the summer of 1905 the gipsy moth was discovered 

 in Stonington, Conn., and, so far as known, it is confined to an area 

 of about 1 square mile to the north and east of Stonington Village. 

 During the winter of 1905 and 1906 some 60 or 70 egg clusters were 

 destroyed; during the past summer trees were burlaped, several 

 acres of brush land cut over, some of the stone walls burned out, 

 and the moth vigorously hunted bv the State authorities under direc- 

 tion of Doctor Britton. Since the egg-laying season of the past 

 summer about 40 more egg clusters were destroyed. Unless an 

 examination of the surrounding territory should reveal the moth over 

 a much larger area, this colony should be entirely stamped out within 

 a year or two, although it will require careful watching for several 

 seasons to be sure that it does not reestablish itself. 



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