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Burlington. 

 Only two localities were known to be infested in Burling- 

 ton in 1897. In one of these a single pupa was found in 

 1898, in the other a few caterpillars. There is some possi- 

 bility that a few caterpillars may be found another year, 

 owing to the nearness of a Woburn colony to the Burling- 

 ton line. Every effort, however, has been made there to 

 exterminate the moth. A large tract of woodland in 

 northern Burlington should be inspected in the near future. 



Cambridge. 

 The present condition of Cambridge is excellent, most of 

 its territory having been inspected within the year. Very 

 little new infestation was found, with the exception of single 

 caterpillars picked up here and there under the burlaps, or 

 an occasional lone egg-cluster. An effort was made in 1898 

 to put Cambridge in the best possible condition as regards 

 the gypsy moth. It was intended in the fall inspection to 

 clear of eggs every known infested colony, but this work 

 was interrupted by the great snow storm of November 26. 

 It is hoped that this work can be finished during the winter. 

 The only region in Cambridge in which the gypsy moth was 

 found in 1898 in any numbers lies between Harvard Square 

 and Mt. Auburn Cemetery on the one side and Fresh Pond 

 and Massachusetts Avenue on the other. There are in this 

 part of the city many trees and much shrubbery, highly 

 valued by the owners, and requiring most careful treatment 

 for the eradication of the moth. The only considerable 

 colony found in the city in 1897 appears to have been prac- 

 tically wiped out by the work of that year. It now remains 

 to inspect that portion of Cambridge which was not in- 

 spected last year, and to destroy the remains of the colonies 

 where the moth still lingers. Nearly all the old colonies 

 where the moths were so numerous in the early years of the 

 work have been exterminated. Each year the moths are 

 accidentally brought in from other towns to the section 

 around Harvard Square, and about Commencement time 

 two or three caterpillars or pupse are picked up under the 

 burlap on the college grounds. This can be prevented only 



