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season (1914), when it has been very generally present over 

 southeastern Massachusetts, in a number of towns north of 

 Boston, in some parts of Worcester County, and in Long- 

 meadow. 



It should be noted that particularly in the case of some 

 of the older records given above the absolute identity of the 

 insects concerned with the army worm is not conclusive. 

 The probability of their being the same, however, is so 

 great as to leave little doubt. 



The Present Invasion. 

 During 1914 reports of the presence of the army worm 

 began about the 20th of July and continued until about the 

 10th of August. These reports were mainly from points 

 south of Boston and east of Mansfield, and the insects ap- 

 pear to have been most abundant in the southern part of 

 Plymouth County and in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket 

 counties. From these reports the following list of towns 

 in which the insect was reported has been prepared, much 

 information on this point having been obtained by the 

 kindness of the State Forester's office : — 



Abington. 



Arlington. 



Athol. 



Attleborough. 



Barnstable. 



Berkley. 



Boston. 



Bourne. 



Braintree. 



Brewster. 



Brighton. 



Brockton. 



Carver. 



Chatham. 



Chelmsford. 



Cohasset. 



Dartmouth. 



Dighton. 



Duxbury. 



East Bridgewater. 



Easton. 



Edgartown. 



Fairhaven. 



Fall River. 



Falmouth. 



Gloucester. 



Halifax. 



Hanover. 



Hanson. 



Harvard. 



Harwich. 



Hingham. 



Holbrook. 



Hyannis. 



Longmeadow. 



Mansfield. 



Medford. 



Middleborough. 



Milford. 



Nantucket. 



Newbury. 



North Andover, 



