226 THE GIPSY ]MOTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



have been laid since the scouts investigated that territory. 

 In the town of Greenland ten or twelve colonies have been 

 discovered and about forty egg-clusters, but the whole town 

 has not yet been covered. 



All of this scouting was done prior to November 1, and 

 since the leaves had not fallen from the trees at that date 

 the most efficient scouting could not be done. Later work 

 has indicated that in Newcastle there are five colonies and 

 some forty egg-clusters. The scouting force was increased 

 from two to seven men about November 1, and the City of 

 Portsmouth was thoroughly examined. In this city were 

 found nearly forty colonies and about 175 egg-clusters. 



This is the extent of our actual knowledge at the present 

 time. It is stated by persons perfectly familiar with the 

 gipsy moth that this species has been seen in Manchester 

 and in Hooksett, the next town north of Manchester. The 

 truth of these statements is now being investigated. 



After the scouting work had been completed in Ports- 

 mouth, the whole party was sent across into Maine, and the 

 New Hampshire work was temporarily dropped. • At the 

 present date of writing five men have been returned to New 

 Hampshire with instructions to scout the cities of Concord, 

 ]\Ianchester and Nashua, working easterly from Nashua, 

 taking the towns in order along the Massachusetts line. 

 The scouting party will be increased if necessary. 



Should the reports from Manchester and Hooksett prove 

 to be correct, there is a possibility that the entire territory 

 from Manchester to the ocean has the gipsy moth scattered 

 through it. It is the opinion of Mr. D. M. Rogers, in charge 

 of the government field work, however, that this whole ter- 

 ritory is probably not infested. There are some towns in 

 this district which have no railroads — neither steam nor 

 electric — and several which have very little communication 

 with the territory from which the moth could readily be 

 introduced. Mr. Rogers is of the opinion that twenty-five 

 or more towns will prove to be infested and he also insists 

 upon the possibility of discovering the presence of the moth 



