BULLETIN OF THE j£ 
No. 201 
Contribution from the Bureau of Entomology, L. O. Howard, Chief 
May 21, 1915. 
REPORT ON THE GIPSY MOTH WORK IN NEW 
ENGLAND. 1 
By A. F. Burgess, 
In Charge of Gipsy Moth and Brown-Tail Moth Work. 
INTRODUCTION. 
On March 1, 1913, the gipsy-moth work conducted by the Bureau 
of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, was reorgan- 
ized, raid the writer was placed in charge under the direction of the 
chief of the bureau. 
The object of this Federal work is to use every measure possible 
to prevent the spread of the gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth 2 
to uninfected parts of the United States. 
The main office, which is maintained at 43 Tremont Street, Bos- 
ton, Mass., furnishes quarters for the men in charge of the main 
projects and the necessary clerical force. The Gipsy Moth Labora- 
tory, which serves as headquarters for the experimental work, is 
located at Melrose Highlands, Mass., although one branch of this 
work is conducted at the Bussey Institution at Forest Hills, Mass. 
During the past two years a summer laboratory has been main- 
tained for special experiments at Worcester, Mass. A storehouse is 
located at Melrose Highlands, Mass., where the necessary tools and 
equipment are stored and repaired. 
The work is divided into two distinct lines: (1) Field work, con- 
sisting of scouting, and applying hand methods for controlling these 
insects, as well as a thorough inspection of the plant products shipped 
from the infested area, and (2) experimental work, which includes 
the introduction of parasites and natural enemies, together with care- 
ful studies of the food plants and other factors, in order to devise 
more efficient and effective methods of control, as well as an investi- 
gation of the relation of silviculture to the gipsy-moth problem. A 
1 This publication is prepared to show the different lines of work which are being taken up and the 
results that have been secured. 
2 The life history, habits, and methods for controlling these insects have been published in Farmer?' 
Bulletin 564, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
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