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adjoining portions of the town of Newton were also inspected for a 
distance of 2 miles, and nothing was found. The work in both colonies 
has been thorough. In the immediate vicinity all trees have been care- 
fully burlaped. About 20 egg clusters, however, were found at the 
extremity of the colony on the Schlesinger estate, which shows that 
further work will have to be done next year. The other colony, that 
upon the Crafts' estate, was so thoroughly worked over during the win- 
ter of 1896-97 that apparently but two egg clusters escaped. One of 
these was under a building and the other uuder a stone covered with 
snow. The caterpillars hatching from these two egg clusters were 
probably all trapped by burlap. 
BURLIXGTOX. 
A woodland colony discovered in 1895 furnished the ouly caterpillars 
which occurred in any numbers in 1890. This colony was thoroughly 
worked over in the winter of 1896-97, and during the present season a 
few caterpillars were caught by the bands, but no egg clusters were 
laid, so far as could be found. Traffic through the northern part of 
the town necessitates a tree-to-tree inspection, which will be given it 
next summer. 
CAMBRIDGE. 
The town of Cambridge has been comparatively neglected until the 
present season. Nearly every tree in the town was burlaped in 1897 
and a few caterpillars were found. In many old localities of importance 
none at all were found. Only here and there were enough caterpillars 
found to indicate the occurrence of a complete egg cluster. In North 
Cambridge, which has been the worst section, only three caterpillars 
were found, evidently stragglers from some other locality. The portion 
of the town west of Harvard Square and Massachusetts avenue is now 
the worst infested region. There were three or four places where quite 
a number of caterpillars were found, but the probabilities are that all 
were captured. In Mount Auburn Cemetery, formerly a very badly 
infested district, very few caterpillars remain. 
A few egg clusters were found in Chelsea in 1896, whereas the insect 
was generally scattered about the city in 1891. Most of the colonies 
were exterminated prior to 1896. Burlaping in the most suspected 
localities was resorted to in 1897 and a very few larva? were found, 
although more may be brought in owing to the constant traffic with 
Everett and Maiden. 
DANVERS. 
The two colonies previously known in Danvers were reported as 
having been exterminated in 1896. The town, however, has not been 
carefully inspected for two years and stragglers may have been brought 
in. It needs a new inspection. 
