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satisfied that a high standard of inspection requirements was main- 

 tained, such as would be the case if it were under Government control, 

 many State requirements would, undoubtedly, be modified in such a 

 way as to simplify interstate shipments. 



After further general remarks a vote was called for, and the report 

 was unanimously adopted. On motion, the election of the representa- 

 tive of the association to serve on the joint committee was referred to 

 the committee on nominations. 



The following paper was presented: 



A NEW ORIENTAL INSECT PEST (?) IN MASSACHUSETTS. 

 By H. T. Fernald, Amherst, Mass. 

 [Withdrawn for publication elsewhere.] 

 A paper was read, as follows: 



OCCURRENCE OF THE GIPSY MOTH IN CONNECTICUT. 



By W. E. Britton. New Ha rat. Conn. 



During the season of 190G my attention has been partly occupied 

 m attempting to control, and to exterminate if possible, a small gipsy 

 moth {Porthetria dispar L.) colony in Stonington, Conn. Stoning- 

 ton is the southeast corner town of the State, joining Rhode Island, 

 and having an area of nearly 75 square miles. The infested portion 

 covers, so far as we know, only about 1 square mile just north of 

 the village, in the south part of the town. 



For several years we have expected that the gipsy moth would 

 appear in Connecticut, and have been on the watch for it. It has 

 been reported several times from different places, but in each case 

 upon investigation some other species was found to be the cause of 

 alarm. The first real gips}^ moth was taken at Stonington, July 30, 

 1905, by Mr. Ernst Frensch, a local collector, who recognized the 

 insect because he had seen it in Germany. He noticed two males 

 flying about in an apple tree, and, on looking closer, saw a female 

 resting on the bark of the trunk, and put her in his cyanide jar. He 

 put the specimen away in his collection, and forgot all about it until 

 during the winter, when I wrote to the entomologists of the State 

 asking for cooperation in furnishing records of their rare captures 

 for use in our lists of Connecticut insects. Mr. Frensch sent me a 

 number of records, including that of Porthetria dispar. I made an 

 appointment with him, and visited the place March 6. He showed 

 me where he had captured the female, and called my attention to an 

 egg mass on a Xorway maple tree near by. He also showed me an 

 egg mass which he had found on a small bush. Suspecting that 



