Ixxxiv THE GYPSY MOTH. 



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Male gypsy moth, birds feeding on, 2-28-240 



description of, 336 



digestive system of, 371 



distance over which female attracts, 240, 351 



experiments in trapping, 69, 357 



flight of, 344, 345 



length of life of, 343 



mating of, 342 



polygamous, 343 



presence of fat in, 373 



reproductive system of, 373 



Malpighian vessels of gypsy moth, structure of, ... . 370 



Man, distribution of the gypsy moth by, 99, 100-103 



Maps, section, 50 



Market gardeners, distribution of moth by, 109 



Marptusafamiliaris, 405 



Martin, Dr. Pearl, appointed commissioner, 38 



Martins driven away by sparrows, 234 



Maryland yellow-throated warbler attacking the gypsy moth, . . 208 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, students of, as assistants, . 46 



Horticultural Society, action of, 36 



Mating of gypsy moth, 342 



Maynard, C. J., note on bird digestion, 204 



Maynard, Prof. S. T., recommendation concerning painting trees, . 178 



Mayo, Mrs. Thomas P., statement of, 15, 22, 24 



McCarty, Miss R. A., statement of, 19, 25 



McGowen nozzle, 152 



McKee, George W., bark shave invented by, 190 



McLaughlin, Wm., statement of, 44 



Medford, brick shipments from, HQ 



centre of infestation, 99 



colonies of gypsy moth discovered in woods of, . . . . 85 

 description of section 8 (Appendix C). 



distribution of caterpillars from, 112 



gypsy moth fought by municipal authorities of, . . , . 33 



measures taken to destroy the pest in, 34 



"Mercury," description by J. 0. Goodwin of movements of 



caterpillars in, 13 



residence of Trouvelot in, 4 



selectmen of, petition for extermination of gypsy moth pre- 

 sented to Legislature by, 36 



statement of citizens as to escape of gypsy moth, ... 4 



trees defoliated by gypsy moth in, 57 



woodland burned in, 166 



Meeting of Board of Agriculture, special, 49 



opponents to spraying, 56 



Meigenia bisignata, 392 



Melrose, outbreak of the gypsy moth in, .58 



Men, examination and training of, 68, 85 



largest force of, 85 



Menecles insertiis, 393 



