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The Cedar Park colony (a very bad one) is evidently exterminated. 
There still remains, however, a wooded section which should have a 
tree to tree inspection. 
NAHANT. 
Four colonies have been known at Nahant, but all have been extermi- 
nated. There is so much travel to this delightful summer resort, how- 
ever, that stragglers are likely to be brought in at any time. 
A single male pupa was found in the town of Newton in September, 
1897. The nearest infested area is in Watertown, a mile and a half away. 
Some banding will be done about the spot where this pupa was found 
next season, but it is not likely that any caterpillars will be caught. A 
single tree in the Crafts' colony in Brookline is situated over the New- 
ton border. The condition of this colony was described under Brookline. 
Down to 1896 all of the colonies in this town except three had been 
exterminated. One of these was reported in the fall of 1896 to be a 
large woodland colony which it would take some time to exterminate. 
These three colonies are known as the Newhall, the Marsh, and the 
Spring Pond colonies. The Newhall colony is near the Lynnfield line. 
It was burlaped in 1897 and two caterpillars found. No egg clusters 
were found after close examination in the fall. This colony, therefore, 
is probably exterminated. The Marsh colony is on Summit street, in 
the West Peabody woods. In the spring of 1897 two egg clusters were 
found. Ten thousand trees were burlaped, and in the entire summer 
only one caterpillar was found, which, therefore, was evidently a strag- 
gler. No eggs could be found in the fall, when the colony was carefully 
inspected. It is safe to say that this colony was also exterminated, 
and that it is not worth while to burlap another season. The Spring 
Pond colony is the woodland one referred to in the opening sentence. 
Here 130,000 larvae were taken in 1896. In January the territory was 
gone over for eggs, and but two egg clusters were found. In 1897 the 
whole territory was carefully burlaped, and 400 larvae taken in two 
spots. Inspection in the fall of 1897 showed no eggs. In the sum- 
mer of 1897 a yard in the center of the village was found to be infested. 
The colony was probably 2 years old, and the insect was accidentally 
introduced by the owner. Thorough work in this colony has reduced 
it to insignificant proportions. 
READING. 
This town has been considered free for the past two years. Inspection, 
however, this season shows that stragglers have been introduced and 
that there must have been scattered eggs the past winter, a, thing which 
is not likely to occur again. 
