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previously reported from Warren County, "out a boy at Bovina, 
Warren County, sent us several hundred specimens* We are caking 
a special effort to try to get then from ether counties, if they 
are appearing in ether counties* 
G» H» Kent: The 1923 brood of the periodical cicada appeared in 
Franklin County in large numbers during the early, part of May. 
I have observed this brood in 1871, 1874, 1897, and 1910- I have 
also observed':, that stragglers occur the year following each brood 
in quite considerable numbers* 
Louisiana T« H* Jones (May 8): Under date of May 9, I sent Br- Howard 
specimens of what may be called the periodical cicada collected 
at Magnolia, La*, on May 8* 
BBOWN-TAH MOTH (Euproctis chrvsorrhoea L.) 
iuc*ssachusetts A. I. Bourne (May 22): The brown- tail moth in Essex County 
is reported as occurring in very small numbers -practically 
of no consequence in orchards* The same is true of "orchards 
in Littleton, in Middlesex County, no increase over the numbers 
occurring last year having been found* In northern Worcester 
County (Harvard) the infestation is found to be very slight- 
There is a probable increase estimated at 5 per cent over 
last year*s occurrence* Much .* the same report has been received 
f from Lunenburg in the 3 are county, a slight increa.se being 
apparent from last year's numbers* In Plymouth a,nd Bristol 
Counties they are reported as being., thus far, of very little 
consequence, and net being found more abundant than last year* 
GIPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dis-par L.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (May 22): Gipsy moths are reported as very abundant 
from nearly all sections of the State normally infested* Prom 
Essex County (Salisbury) they have been reported as very abundant* 
They began to hatch about May 10, and were about as abundant as 
last year* In the town of Littleton, in Middlesex County, they 
are reported to be abundant but no more so than last year. From 
Harvard, in northern Worcester County, they are reported as very 
abundant- slightly worse than last year* From Plymouth and 
Bristol Counties the reportsdindicate that there are no more 
than last year, and in some cases theycare greatly reduced in 
numbers from 1922* On the Cape, generally, they seem to be 
practically as abundant as last year* 
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR (Malaoosoma disstria Huebn*) 
West Virginia W. E. Eumsey (May 12): Wild cherry trees near Cherry Bun are 
chiefly attacked ^oy this insect* 
EVERGREEN BAGWORM ( Thvrido^tervx ethemeraefcrmis Haw*-) 
New York Henry Bird (May 19): Eggs are as yet unhatched, but indications 
are that there will be a greater invasion from this species 
in the locality of Rye than has oeen experienced for some time* 
