No. 4.] THE GYPSY MOTH. 341 



Wakefield. 



In 1896 the number of known colonies in Wakefield had 

 been reduced to five. In 1897 no moths were found in two 

 of these, but one of the colonies in Saugus woods has ex- 

 tended over the line into Wakefield, and some thousands 

 of caterpillars were taken there. 



As all the old colonies in the central and northern part 

 of the town had been exterminated some years since, there 

 has been very little work done there since 1894, when a 

 tree-to-tree inspection of the whole town was made. An 

 examination of the centre of the town was made by one 

 man in November, 1897, and two egg-clusters were found. 



Watertoum. 

 The last inspection was begun here in 1896 and finished 

 in 1897, when one small colony was found. This will re- 

 quire to be watched another year. Outside of this colony 

 the moths were found in Mt. Auburn cemetery only, which 

 is partially in Cambridge. 



Winchester. 

 In the residential and business portions of Winchester 

 few gypsy moths were found in 1897. In many of the 

 village estates that have been found infested this year, 

 only one, two or three caterpillars have been found. The 

 caterpillars have been most numerous on the farms in the 

 outskirts of the town, especially in the orchards and woods 

 in the western and southern sections, adjoining Lexington, 

 Arlington and Medford. The worst infested of these wood- 

 land districts were cleared of underbrush in the winter of 

 1896-97 and the following spring, and burlapped. In two 

 or three of the colonies large numbers of the caterpillars 

 were killed, and the numbers of the moths greatly reduced, 

 so that now very few eggs can be found there. In other 

 colonies where many caterpillars were killed in 1895-96 

 very few were found in 1897. In one of the worst colonies 

 33 acres of woodland were cut by the owners and the 

 underbrush was burned. Wherever, in this tract, cater- 

 pillars were found in the spring, the ground and sprouts 



