No. 4.] THE GYPSY MOTH. 219 



Work Done. » 



Trees (fruit, shade and forest) : — 



Inspected, 14,374,945 



Found to be infested with caterpillars, pupae, moths or eggs, . 76,794 



In which cavities have been cemented or covered, . . . 7,14G 



Burlapped, 931,672 



Sprayed 70 



Trimmed, 25,996 



Scraped, 2,997 



Cut, 43,112 



Acres of brushland and woodland cut and burned over, . . 461^ 



Buildings : — 



Inspected, 12,883 



Found to be infested, 581 



Wooden fences : — 



Inspected, 16,574 



Found to be infested, 470 



Stone walls : — 



Inspected (rods), 20,783 



Found to be infested, 516 



Number of each form of the moth destroyed during the year by hand : — 



Caterpillars, 2,164,458 



Pupae, 548,042 



Moths, 55,445 



Hatched or infertile egg-clusters, 20,569 



Unhatched and probably fertile egg-clusters, .... 511,200 



False Alarms. 



During the season of 1895 fewer reports of the presence of 

 supposed gypsy moths have been received from towns outside 

 the infested region than in previous years. The measures 

 taken to inform the public in regard to the appearance of the 

 different forms of the moth have resulted in a more general 

 distribution of such knowledge than was formerly the case, 

 and therefore insects bearing no resemblance to the gypsy 

 moth are not as often mistaken for it. As formerly, all cases 

 where any insect supposed to be the gypsy moth has been 

 found have been investigated, and in no case has any evidence 

 of the moth been found outside the region heretofore reported 

 as infested. 



The places outside the infested region from which reports 

 of the presence of the gypsy moth have come follow : — 



