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Mr. Howard said that the Department frequently had great diffi- 
culty in counteracting the influence of men prominent locally, who 
come to believe from accidental causes in some method of no general 
value, and because of their belief in it strongly advocate its use in 
their own section. A promulgation of the idea of Paris green as of 
use against the boll weevil was mostly the work of one prominent 
man. During the past season a very considerable amount of money 
was spent In Texas for the purchase of Paris green by people who 
were impressed by the standing of the individual in question and by 
his forcible claims. At the recent national cotton convention at 
Shreveport, La., however, so strong a presentation of the case was 
made by an equally prominent gentleman, who had conducted a 
large experiment with the substance and with negative results, that 
no further verbal statements were necessary from members of the 
force of the Bureau of Entomology, which, however, has published 
a bulletin devoted to this specific subject, under the authorship of 
Mr. W. D. Hunter. 
The following paper was read: 
THE FALL WEBWORM PARTIALLY DOUBLE-BROODED IN 
CONNECTICUT. 
By W. E. Brirron, New Haven, Conn. 
In 1901 the fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea Drury) was more 
abundant in Connecticut than for many years, and, although still 
present in destructive numbers, has decreased each year since. For 
some time I have considered the species to be double-brooded, or par- 
tially so, in Connecticut, but had not been able to make any definite 
observations that would help to settle the matter. A statement to 
this effect was made in my first report as State Entomologist... A 
similar statement was made at the annual meeting of the Connecticut 
Pomological Society, at Hartford, Conn., February 4, 1902.? 
In the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1895, page 
376, and also in Farmers’. Bulletin No. 99, page 20, Howard states 
that the species is double brooded south of New York City. 
According to Fernald, there is no satisfactory evidence of more 
than one brood in Massachusetts,’ and Mr. Kirkland informs me that 
the insect has been carefully studied at Amherst and that only one 
brood occurs. 
On June 23, 1904, the first nest of the season was found in a pear 
tree in Westville, near New Haven. The nest was small, and the 
a First Report State Entomologist of Connecticut, p. 271. 
+’ Fourth Report Connecticut Pomological Society, p. 20. 
¢ Hatch Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 20, p. 11, 1893. 
