EECOED OF SCOUTING IN WAEEHAM, MASS. 57 
block two colonies on low land totalled 149 new and 27 old egg 
masses. Most of the trees in these areas were pine, maple, and 
birch, with a few oaks and chestnuts. On the whole, these colonies 
were not very favorably situated for rapid increase of the species. 
One old egg cluster was found in woodland south of Grafton 
Center, and a colony of 20 nests was found on two apple trees in a 
block of woodland near Farnumsville. 
The discovery of old egg clusters is noted above, because it is 
probable that new clusters were present in obscure places on the 
tree or on the ground and were not observed by the scouts. During 
a part of the time several inches of snow covered the ground. 
In all the places mentioned it is probable that five infestations 
may have been brought about by wind spread, although this can not 
be stated with certainty owing to the state of infestation of the 
orchards in the town. Grafton was first found infested in the winter 
of 1908-9. It is located only 7 miles west of Hopkinton, where the 
gipsy moth was found in 1905. 
RECORD OF SCOUTING IN WAREHAM, MASS. 
Scouting in Wareham was begun March 28, 1912. As it was im- 
possible to secure definite results by examining a section of the town 
on account of the prevalence of coniferous growth, several areas 
were selected, covering in all about 925 acres, and a scout of this 
territory was made. 
This area was used because hardwood growth predominated and, 
on the average, about 75 per cent of it was oak. 
As a result of the examination 112 egg clusters were discovered in 
eight localities. 
Two small infestations were found near the road leading from 
the Tremont station; another was in woodland near West "Wareham, 
50 egg clusters having been found. The white pine in this area 
had been cut, so that only deciduous trees remained. A short dis- 
tance away were located trees that had been infested for two or 
three years, and this may explain the source of this colony. 
A block of dead oak growth on high land near West Wareham 
contained two colonies, one of 50 and the other of 2 egg clusters. 
Apparently these were caused by wind spread, as there were no 
infested places near by, so far as could be ascertained. 
Three other colonies, of a single egg cluster each, were located. 
One was on the back road between Wareham and West Wareham. 
and the other two were southeast of the Wareham railroad station. 
Two of these may have been brought about by wind spread, but the 
third was near the site of a colony which had been treated for 
several years. 
