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extended from Kittery on the southwest to Bar Harbor on the 

 northeast, and so effectively was this work done that no serious 

 complaint has come to the notice of the department from any 

 source. This speaks volumes for the enterprise and public 

 spirited enthusiasm of the several cities and towns along the 

 border line. Thousands of dollars were spent and time and 

 energy freely given in the good cause. While inspecting the 

 nursery at Bar Harbor in August I discovered several clusters 

 of eggs of the brown-tail moth and later in the summer and 

 early fall I received a number of nests from there, but the 

 authorities are wide awake to the situation and will do all in 

 their power to rid the island of the nests during the coming 

 winter. In Portland, where a large number of nests were taken, 

 the situation is very encouraging. Of course we would expect 

 that many nests would be found there, as a result of the moths 

 coming direct from Boston by steamer and rail as heretofore. 

 • In Kittery the situation is quite serious, as New Hampshire 

 did practically nothing last year and the state was badly infested, 

 so that we anticipated that this condition would prevail. Last 

 July, during the flight of the moth, I was in Kittery to investi- 

 gate the situation and found that they were coming by the thou- 

 sands. The moth is a night flyer and is strongly attracted by a 

 light. They were reported at the navy yard buildings in great 

 numbers, and were killed by the thousands by the workmen 

 employed on the yard. On investigation last week, I found the 

 trees in many localities as badly infested as they were last year ; 

 but taking the territory as a whole, I have every reason to believe 

 that the worst is over, provided, that a diligent watch is kept up 

 and a vigilant campaign continued each year. 



The bulletin on the brown-tail moth will soon be issued. This 

 will give a concise account of the year's work in that line. It 

 is earnestly desired that all possible information of any insect 

 invasion may be sent in to the department as soon as discovered. 

 We can then be in a position to successfully cope with all of our 

 insect foes before they gain a strong foothold in the State. This 

 is the only way in which we may hope to check the gypsy moth 

 and San Jose scale. 



(Shows vial containing twig with woolly aphis; twig with 

 San Jose scale; and brown-tail moth in different stages, includ- 

 ing nests.) 



