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are now accurately known, and, if means are provided, ex- 

 terminative measures can be vigorously prosecuted. 



Lincoln. — The condition of this town in its infested sec- 

 tion is much improved since the year 1898. In the larval 

 season there were in use 108,000 burlaps ; in 1899 there 

 were taken 190 larvje, as against 22,840 in 1898. Only two 

 new nests were found in the past year. In the old colony of 

 1897 more brush and wood cutting is required. The present 

 infestation, while slight, is widely scattered, and the entire 

 town of Lincoln should be inspected at the earliest possible 

 moment. As pointed out in the last annual report, a few 

 moths were found just over the Lincoln border in the town 

 of Weston. In this region 24 larvae were taken in 1898, 

 nothing being found here in 1899. 



Lynn. — During the spring of 1899 an inspection was made 

 of the whole city, including the greater portion of the terri- 

 tory known as Lynn woods, a part of the park system lying 

 contiguous to the Saugus colonies. As was expected, this 

 inspection revealed slight infestations scattered through the 

 woods. These areas were burlapped and attended during 

 the summer, and at the close of the season very few larvae 

 had been found. The whole tract of woods should be given 

 another inspection before the leaves appear in the spring. In 

 the residential portion of the city a few infested places were 

 found. Nearly all of these infestations can be ascribed to 

 traffic from the central towns or woodland colonies. All of 

 the infested places were burlapped and carefully attended 

 during the summer. As yet it has been impossible to do the 

 work of searching for eggs. Should this be accomplished 

 before the hatching time, the entire city of Lynn will be in 

 excellent condition and ready for exterminative measures. 



Lynnfield. — No trace of the gypsy moth has been found 

 in the northern and central parts of the town for a number 

 of years. The small colonies in South Lynnfield known to be 

 infested in 1898 were burlapped and attended during the 

 summer of 1899. A few larvte were taken under burlaps in 

 one locality in that part of the town contiguous to the 

 Saugus territory, which has been so badly infested in the 

 past. So nearly has the gypsy moth been exterminated in 



