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  any 
  dangerous 
  pests 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  may 
  at 
  his 
  discretion 
  

   order 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  treated. 
  Any 
  person 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  fifty 
  dollars. 
  (Amendment 
  approved 
  

   5th 
  June 
  1913.) 
  " 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  just 
  closed 
  1,316 
  boxes 
  and 
  packages 
  of 
  imported 
  

   nursery 
  stock 
  have 
  been 
  inspected. 
  This 
  stock 
  was 
  contained 
  in 
  

   246 
  separate 
  shipments, 
  and 
  in 
  seven 
  of 
  these 
  insect 
  and 
  plant 
  diseases 
  

   were 
  found. 
  The 
  insects 
  reported 
  are 
  :—Lachnus 
  : 
  An 
  Aphid, 
  sp., 
  on 
  

   conifers 
  from 
  France 
  ; 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Chrysomelid 
  beetle 
  Agelastica 
  

   (Galeruca) 
  alni, 
  L., 
  on 
  a 
  box 
  of 
  ornamental 
  stock 
  and 
  on 
  English 
  Ivy 
  

   (Hedera 
  helix) 
  ; 
  the 
  oyster-shell 
  scale 
  {Lepidosaphes 
  ulmi, 
  L.) 
  and 
  an 
  

   aphis 
  on 
  maple, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  shipments 
  coming 
  from 
  Holland 
  ; 
  an 
  egg 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  mantid, 
  Tenodera 
  sinensis, 
  Sauss., 
  on 
  umbrella 
  pine 
  

   from 
  Japan 
  ; 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  mealy 
  bug 
  on 
  conifers 
  from 
  Belgium 
  ; 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  a 
  soft 
  scale. 
  Coccus 
  hesperidum, 
  L., 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  fig 
  scale 
  

   on 
  bay 
  trees 
  [Laurus 
  nohilis), 
  also 
  from 
  Belgium 
  ; 
  a 
  single 
  Noctuid 
  

   pupa 
  on 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  Box 
  (Buxus) 
  from 
  Holland, 
  the 
  adult 
  emerging 
  

   from 
  this 
  pupa 
  being 
  identified 
  as 
  Mamestra 
  dissimilis, 
  K. 
  ; 
  and 
  

   Aleurodes 
  on 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  shipments 
  of 
  Azaleas 
  from 
  Belgium. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  autumn 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Connecticut 
  Beekeepers' 
  

   Association 
  in 
  1912, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  voted 
  to 
  ask 
  for 
  a 
  larger 
  appropria- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  inspecting 
  apiaries 
  and 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  law 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  work 
  

   more 
  effective, 
  a 
  bill 
  was 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly, 
  and 
  

   an 
  Act 
  finally 
  passed, 
  as 
  an 
  " 
  Act 
  concerning 
  the 
  suppression 
  of 
  Con- 
  

   tagious 
  Diseases 
  among 
  Bees 
  — 
  Chapter 
  141 
  of 
  Public 
  Acts 
  of 
  1913." 
  

   This 
  Act 
  repealed 
  Chapter 
  185 
  of 
  the 
  Public 
  Acts 
  of 
  1909 
  and 
  makes 
  

   it 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  to 
  examine 
  apiaries, 
  to 
  quaran- 
  

   tine 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  diseased, 
  and 
  to 
  treat 
  or 
  destroy 
  cases 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  

   known 
  as 
  foul-brood. 
  The 
  Act 
  also 
  requires 
  that 
  all 
  shipments 
  and 
  

   transportations 
  from 
  without 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  examined, 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  

   contagious 
  diseases 
  are 
  found 
  such 
  shipments 
  shall 
  be 
  returned 
  to 
  

   the 
  consignor 
  or 
  delivered 
  to 
  a 
  duly 
  authorised 
  inspector 
  for 
  treatment 
  

   or 
  destruction. 
  The 
  statistics 
  of 
  apiary 
  inspection 
  in 
  1913 
  and 
  a 
  

   summary 
  of 
  the 
  inspections 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  four 
  years 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  tables. 
  

   With 
  the 
  increased 
  appropriation 
  and 
  authority 
  to 
  inspect 
  without 
  

   complaint 
  granted 
  by 
  the 
  above 
  Act, 
  which 
  became 
  operative 
  on 
  1st 
  

   October 
  1913, 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  apiaries 
  will 
  be 
  examined 
  

   next 
  season. 
  

  

  Britton 
  (W. 
  E.) 
  & 
  Caffrey 
  (D. 
  J.). 
  The 
  Control 
  of 
  the 
  Gipsy 
  and 
  

   Brown-Tail 
  Moths 
  in 
  Connecticut 
  in 
  1913. 
  — 
  Rept. 
  Connecticut 
  

   Agric. 
  Expt 
  Stn.for 
  1913, 
  New 
  Haven, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  198-223, 
  2 
  pis. 
  

  

  The 
  gipsy 
  moth 
  has 
  been 
  all 
  but 
  exterminated 
  in 
  the 
  only 
  two 
  

   areas 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  in 
  Connecticut, 
  Wallingford 
  and 
  Stoning- 
  

   ton. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  scouting 
  for 
  egg-masses 
  at 
  Wallingford, 
  Stonington 
  

   and 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  including 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  New 
  London 
  

   and 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Thompson, 
  only 
  two 
  egg-masses 
  were 
  discovered 
  at 
  

   Wallingford, 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  foundation 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  on 
  a 
  

   fence 
  near 
  this 
  house. 
  Precautions 
  were 
  also 
  taken 
  against 
  the 
  

   caterpillars 
  and 
  searches 
  made 
  for 
  them, 
  but 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  

   1913 
  only 
  three 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  Wallingford. 
  Scouting 
  was 
  also 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  in 
  Stonington, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  five 
  caterpillars, 
  one 
  cocoon 
  and 
  

  

  