No. 4.] THE GYPSY MOTH. 255 



Nov. 5 -Nov. 10, . . .128 



Nov. 12-Nov. 17, . . . 133 



Nov. 19-Nov. 24, . . . 183 



Nov. 2G Dec. 1, . . .132 



Dec. 3-Dec. 8, . . . 132 



Dec. 10-Dec. 15, . . .134 



Dec. 17-Dec. 22, . . . 135 



Dec. 24-Dec 29, . . . 132 



WorJi; Done, and liesuUs. 



The table below pertains mainly to the hand-work of the 

 year. Such results are given as can from their nature be 

 tabulated. The number of different forms of the moth 

 destroyed by such methods as burning and spraying cannot 

 of course be determined. IVIore than nine thousand of the 

 moths recorded were males taken in traps. 



Trees (fniit, shade and forest) : — 



Inspected, 6,828,229 



Fonnd to be infested with caterpillars, pupos, moths or eggs, 48,752 



Cleared of eggs, 2,176 



In which cavities have been cemented or covered, . . . 7,844 



Burlapped, 624,673 



Sprayed, 14,857 



Trimmed, 8,018 



Scraped, 6,068 



Cut, 10,296 



Acres of bnishland and woodland cut and burned over, . 386^ 



Buildings : — 



Inspected, 27,430 



Found to be infested, 608 



Cleared of eggs, 65 



Wooden fences : — 



Inspected, 35,276 



Found to be infested, 798 



Cleared of eggs, 99 



Stone walls : — 



Inspected, 1,620 



Foimd to be infested, 423 



Cleared of eggs, 44 



Number of each form of the moth destroyed during the year by hand : — 



Caterpillars, 1,153,560 



Pupa?, 92,225 



Moths 18,084 



Hatched or infertile egg-clusters, 18,036 



Unhatched and probably fertile egg-clusters, .... 94,706 



List of Places formerly infested from ivliicli the Moth has been 



apparently exterminated. 



Beverly, Danvers, Waltham, 



Brighton, INIarblehead, Watertown 



Burlington, Reading, Woburn. 

 Charlestown, 



