Entomology. 

 3 golden glory I 



English sparrow are insta 

 But the latest offender, 



The first instance of the appearance of the Ocneria dispar—i\u< is 

 the Im-'s company name — in the literature of the l.luo \< 

 head of chapter '95 of the Acts of 1890, wherein the 

 authorized to launch a brand new commission on a long BUifenng 



public to consist of three suitable and discreet persons charged with 

 the duty of preventing the spreading and securing the extermina- 

 tion of the gypsv moth. 



The nameless* individual who wrought the mischief by importing 



hibition of ex post facto law- from receiving :i tit penalty n-r in- 

 dire offence ; but it was provided that henceforth it should he unlaw- 

 ful for any person to knowingly bring the insect, or it- nest, or its 

 eggs within the Commonwealth, and that a fine of two hundred 

 dollars or durance vile for sixty days should await the culprit con- 

 victed of breaking the laws. . 

 Last year the Legislature repealed the act of 1890 but sub=-^ 

 re-enacted its provisions, except t 

 of selecting the suitable and discreet bug-hunters fr< 

 to the State Board of Agriculture. Suitable and die 

 something when these qualities an demanded by the 



