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FOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
MOTHS (Lepidoptera) 
Connecticut. J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (September 22): Late in August and early 
in September the foliage in mixed hardwood stands in Middlesex County 
showed varying degrees of defoliation. Larvae of some 50 species of 
Lepidoptera were found more or less common in this area. The species 
most common and undoubtedly responsible for the greater part of defolia- 
tion, include Anisota senatoria S. & A. , Symmerista albif rons S. & A. , 
Hotorocampa man too Dbldy. , Halisi dota tesselaris S. & A. , Halisidota 
caryae Harr. , Datana contracta Walk. , Datana ministra Drury, and Tel ea 
polyphemus Cram. 
FALL WEBWORM ( Hyphantria cane a Drury) 
Connecticut. M. P. Zappe (September 20): Very abundant in Fairfield County, 
southern Connecticut, on a variety of plants. • Rest of State not so 
heavily infested. 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (August 29): Larvae are very abundant this fall., 
doing considerable damage in southeastern Virginia. (Det. by C. Hein- 
rich.) 
North Carolina. Z.-P. Metcalf (September 30): More abundant throughout the 
Sta.te on persimmon, pecan, and sourwood, than observed during the last 
30 years. 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 24): More a.bundant than usual during 
August and the first part of September, especially on pecans and per- 
simmon. 
A. H. Madden (September 20): Moderately abundant on pecan trees 
in Gadsden County during the last few weeks. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23): Found attacking pocan trees through- 
out the Aberdeen district, Monroe County, although doing no serious 
damage. Scarce in the Poplarville area, Pearl River County. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (September 9): Found in large quanities on various 
trees in the western- counties . Very few nests occur in central and 
eastern Tennessee. Usually Hyphantria occurs in large numbers in the 
central counties, but this year there are surprisingly few. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis ( September 27) : Normally abundant in all parts of the 
State. 
Wisconsin. C. L. Fluke (September 21): Very plentiful in the eastern and 
southern parts of the State. 
