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and early fall ; but in September it was found necessary to again reduce 

 the force, as the money on hand at that time was not sufficient to main- 

 tain it longer. About forty men were retained. With this small number 

 of men little could be done toward a thorough inspection of the worst 

 infested towns, and these were left until some future time. There- 

 fore, no systematic egg destruction was attempted in Maiden, INIedford, 

 Arlington, Melrose, Everett and Chelsea in the months of October, 

 November and December. In October an inspection of those infested 

 towns which lie farthest from the infested centre was begun. Men 

 whose experience had fitted them for the work in these towns were 

 retained. This inspection has now been nearly completed in Wakefield, 

 LjTinfield, Reading, Beverly, Watertown, Brighton and Woburn. Con- 

 siderable work has also been done in Somerville and Cambridjre, and 

 much more should be done in the spring, as these cities are centres from 

 which the moths may be distributed to towns south and west of Boston. 



Present Condition of the Infested Region. 



At this time (Jan. 1, 1893) Lynnfield, Reading and Watertown, 

 which have been carefully inspected, have not yet been reinspected. 

 No moths have been found in Reading since the eggs were first dis- 

 covered and destroyed there in December, 1891. The only evidences 

 of the creatures that were found there during the past fall were three 

 isolated, decaving jDupjB, which probably were overlooked in the inspec- 

 tion of December, 1891 There is now but a small portion of the town 

 which has not been examined. Several of the colonies foimd in Lynn- 

 field were probably exterminated in December, 1891, or during the past 

 summer, but a few colonies were found during the fall after the eg-^s, 

 had been laid. These had evidently been overlooked in 1891. All seem 

 now to have been exterminated. The condition is apparently the same 

 in Watertown, but both of these towns will probably need thorough rein- 

 spection for several seasons. No living form of the gypsy moth has been 

 foimd in Waltham since December, 1891, when they were first discovered 

 there ; but as a thorough systematic search of the town has not been 

 made since that time, it is possible that there are a few small colonies 

 scattered through it, and it should be thoroughly inspected before 

 the eggs hatch in the spring. All forms of the moth that have been 

 found in Beverly, Lexington and Brighton have been destroyed, but 

 these towns ought to be thoroughly reinspected and carefully watched 

 for at least two or three seasons. 



The eggs found in the infested localities in Marblehead in November, 

 1891, were destroyed at that time, and nothing has been found since in 



