100 THE GIPSY MOTH. 
the gipsy moth in this state is approximately twenty-five 
miles square and embraces nearly all of Providence and 
a little of the following towns, which border on the city 
of Providence : Cranston, Johnston, North Providence, 
Pawtucket and East Providence. During the past year's 
work a few new infestations have been found, but there is 
an equal if not greater number of places that were infested 
last year in which we have found no trace of the insect 
since the burlap work began last spring. In all places the 
insects have been very greatly reduced in numbers. In the 
city districts the average number of nests for any one in- 
festation is not over ten or twelve and the total number of 
nests for the year will probably not amount to one twenty- 
fifth of what was found last year. During the past sum- 
mer there were no trees defoliated and very few on which 
the caterpillars were numerous enough so that a casual ob- 
server would have noticed their work on the foliage. We 
feel very much encouraged with the results of the work so 
far and we hope the state will give us sufficient appropri- 
ation so that we can follow out a policy of extermination 
before the moth has a chance to spread into the woodlands 
of the state." 
The conditions in Rhode Island are therefore exceedingly 
encouraging, inasmuch as serious damage was done in Prov- 
idence in 1904 and 1905. 
MAINE. 
Prof. E. F. Hitchings, state entomologist of Maine, 
writes: "We have at present about fifty men engaged in 
the work of destroying the egg clusters of the gipsy moth, 
cleaning up the trees and underbrush in the new-infested 
sections of York County. This work at present is mostly 
confined to the towns of Kittery, Elliott and York. Over 
six thousand clusters have been destroyed up to date and 
new ones are being added each day." 
The infested towns and number of infestations in each 
are as follows: Eliot, 79; Kittery, 172; Berwick, 3; South 
