CONTENTS. 



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Letter of Submittal 763 



Report of Receipts and Expenditures 763 



Office Force and Field Organization , 765 



Lectures, Correspondence, Inspection Work 765 



Collection and Equipment 766 



Publications 767 



Chief Lines of Work 768 



Entomological Features of 1908 768 



Nursery Inspection 770 



List ol-Nursery Firms 771 



Gypsy TJoth Suppression 772 



Scouting for Egg-masses 773 



Scouting in other parts of the state 774 



Funds 776 



Infested Localities near Connecticut 776 



Present Condition of Infested Area at Stonington 776 



Summary .' '. tj"] 



Canker Worms Tjy 



Introduction ^•J^ 



Early Records 'J^^ 



History in Connecticut 779 



Life History 780 



Description 782 



Number of Eggs Laid 784 



Natural Enemies '. 786 



Remedies 786 



How to Band the Trees 792 



Cost of Banding Trees 794 



Summary ; 794 



Further Tests of Gases to Destroy San Jose Scale 796 



Carbon Disulphide 797 



Carbon Tetrachloride 798 



Acetylene 798 



Mosquito Work in 1908 800 



State Rifle Range, East Haven 800 



Beaver Swamp Region . . . : 802 



Breeding- Places Around Stamford 804 



Insects Attacking Cucurbitaceous Plants 805 



Squash Borer '. 806 



Striped Cucumber Beetle 807 



