GYPSY h'OTH ( Porthotria dispar L.) 
Maine. H. 3. Pcirson (July 18): Considerable decrease in infestation in 
southern Maine in many places, owing to nonhatch of eggs considered 
to have been winter killed. Defoliation very severe in many other 
places. 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 23) i Reports of larvae of Calosoma spp. 
attacking gypsy moth larvae in a few instances. 
Rhode Island. B. Eddy (July 20): Medium infestation generally over the 
State. 
POREST TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosona disstria Hhn.) 
Maine*. A, E„ Brower (June 28): Pirst moths seen at light at Augusta. 
Plight in this area has "been light. 
Massachusetts. W. ¥. Bancroft (May 27) J Considerable feeding on maple, 
birch, and oak noticed on the Taconic Range, in the vicinities of 
Hancock-Pittsfield and Lenox. 
Ponnsyl 1 vania. A. P. Burgess (June 28): Serious infestation, which has per 
sisted for several years in Wayne County, has gradually spread west- 
ward into bordering towns in Lackawanna, County. Heavy feeding has re 
suited and, in a few instances, complete defoliation in several spots 
in Madison Township. 
Colorado. G-. M. List (July 2l): More numerous - than for a number of years 
on sha.de trees in Port Collins. Definitely on the increase.. 
SADDLED PROMIHEITT ( Hot ere camp a guttivitta Walk.) 
Hew Hampshire. V. Jensen (July 26): Defoliation of beech near Bartlett. 
Vermont, H. L. Railey (July 24): Half-grown larvae abundant on July 15 
on sugar* maple and beech on Herrick Mountain, in the vicinity of Ira, 
Rutland County, western Vermont. Defoliation not conspicuous, but 
feeding is rapidly progressing. Many adults of Co.losona frigidum P. 
observed. 
R. C. Brown (July 26): Heavy feeding in beech and maple forests 
in the vicinity of Marlboro. 
BAGWORM ( Thy r i dop t e r yx ephemcracformis Haw. ) 
Pennsylvania. G. 33. Sleesman (July 15): Rather scarce in nurseries but 
quite abundant on private properties on various evergreens and de- 
ciduous trees at Philadelphia. Eggs have hatched during the last 
week, and some damage has been observed. 
