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I have here a male and female and two hermaphrodites. One of the 

 latter is badly rubbed, but the form of the wings and the antenua on 

 the right show^it to be a male; on the other side the wings and antenna 

 show it to be a female. I have left directions with my assistant, Mr. 

 Kirkland, to make a critical dissection of a specimen, if one should be 

 found, as I thought it would be of interest to know just what the inter- 

 nal structure of the hermaphrodite insect is. 



The gypsy moth spread from that central locality — the locality of 

 Mr. Trouvelot's home — to more distant points, and grew so much more 

 numerous that at last the people began to feel that it was necessary 

 to do something. 



In 1889 the outbreak in Medford was so great and they were doing so 

 much damage that specimens were sent to the secretary of the board 

 of agriculture, in Boston, and he sent them to the experiment station 

 at Amherst. At that time I was abroad, and my wife and son had 

 charge of the work. They identified the insect after a little trouble, 

 not being aware at first that it was a European species, and wrote me 

 immediately at London. I then got what information 1 could in Europe 

 of those who could give me the best advice. 



After my return I Avent to Medford and visited the territory. There 

 was a region of perhai^s a square mile in which the trees, trunks and 

 branches, were literally covered with clusters of eggs, so that they were 

 yellow. It was surprising to see how great a quantity of eggs there 

 was. After what I had been told by the entomologists in Europe, I 

 felt quite alarmed abont the matter. I thought we had an invasion 

 that demanded careful attention. Accordingly, I prepared a bulletin 

 on the subject, and tlie secretary of the board of agriculture was kind 

 enough to add to our funds so that an edition large enough to send a 

 copy to each voter whose name and address we could get in all that 

 region was printed, and this bulletin I presume has been seen by most 

 of you. This closed my official connection with the work for the time. 



I do not know at present who called the attention of the governor to 

 it, but he made mention of it in his address and brought the matter 

 before the legislature. A commission was appointed, but it was a 

 political commission and I gave no advice in the matter. 



The work of the first commission was not satisfactory to the governor, 

 and that commission was discharged and the work put into the hands 

 of the board of agriculture of this State. The board took it upon itself 

 as one of its duties and appointed a committee on the gypsy moth. This 

 was the second j-ear. An appropriation of $25,000, was made the first 

 year and before the year ended another appropriation of $25,000 was 

 made. With Mr. Sessions I spent a day looking over the territory. 

 As soon as the committee was apx)ointed by the board of agriculture 

 they called in several experts. I think the gentlemen called on that 

 occasion were Professor Eiley, Mr. Scudder, Mr. Henshaw, and myself. 

 Mr. Henshaw could not be present. The others were present and gave 



