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Toicns and Cities that have been falsely reported as infested by the 



Massachusetts 

 Amesbury, 

 Carlisle, 

 Concord, 

 Falmouth, 

 Ipswich, 

 Lawrence, 



Gyjjsy Moth in 1895. 



Lowell, 



Newton, 



Princeton, 



Quincy, 



Rehoboth, 



Templeton. 



New Hampshire. 

 Haverhill, 

 Lakeport, 

 Pratt's Station. 



Rhode Island. 

 Pawtucket. 



Towns and Cities that are or have been infested. 



The following towns and cities have been reported to the 

 committee in previous years as comprising the infested 'dis- 

 trict. The moths have not been found in 1895 in any other 

 towns than those given below, nor have they been this year 

 found in several of these towns. The list comprises, however, 

 what has been alluded to in the report as the infested district. 



Arlington, 



Belmont, 



Beverly, 



Boston, 



Burlington, 



Cambridge, 



Chelsea, 



Danvers, 



Everett, 



Lexington, 



Desfrucfiveness of the Gypsy Moth in Europe. 



The report on the gypsy moth provided for by the act of 

 the Legislature of 1894, which is now in press, deals with the 

 history of the gypsy moth in Europe as well as in America. 



In order to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the his- 

 tory of the moth in Europe, its status in times past and present, 

 its ravages, habits, food plants, enemies and the means used 

 there to combat it, all the literature that was obtainable bear- 

 ing on the subject was examined. A considerable correspond- 

 ence was carried on with various European and some Asiatic 

 countries. In this w r ay a large amount of information has 

 been obtained, the most important points of which will be 



