No. 4.] THE GYPSY MOTH. 369 



The Condition of the Infested Region. 



The condition of the infested territory is now better known 

 than ever before. Because of inadequate approjDi'iations, it 

 has been impossible in any one year to inspect thoroughly 

 the entire territory ; therefore no detailed report of the con- 

 dition of the infested towns has ever been published. The 

 present report may be considered as approximately accurate, 

 for the appropriation of $150,000, made in 1895, although 

 not providing for all the work necessary, made possible a 

 thorough inspection of nearly all the towns in the infested 

 region during that year and the early part of 1896. The 

 outer tier of towns in the infested region has been looked 

 over far more carefully within the past two years than ever 

 before. These towns were nearly all given a tree-by-tree 

 inspection in 1895, or in the winter of 1895-96, and most 

 of those which did not then have a thorough inspection have 

 been inspected during the fall of 1896. 



Beverly. 



Beverly is the easternmost place which has been found in- 

 fested. Several colonies were found in 1891 and in 1892, 

 and one was found in 1894. No moths have been found in 

 the city during the past year, although the localities pre- 

 viously infested have been carefully looked after, and the 

 greater part of that portion of the city which has been most 

 exposed to infestation has been carefully searched. 



Salem. 



Many colonies of the moth were found scattered o\ev the 

 main streets and roads of Salem in the fall of 1891. A 

 more extended inspection, later, showed that there were also 

 numerous colonies in Salem Great Pastures and a few in the 

 woods. Nearly all the colonies that have been found near 

 the centre of population have been exterminated, one of the 

 worst being at Harmony Grove Cemetery. As much as was 

 feasible with the means provided has been done to exter- 

 minate the colonies found in the pastures. In many cases 

 this work has been a success, in others the lack of money 



