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these outlying towns; however, it is known that the infestation in eastern 
Massachusetts extends north over the New Hampshire line, as the "beetle has 
"been reported from Nashua and North Hampton. It is also laiown that the other 
infested area extends south into the extreme northern end of Delaware, where 
it. has "been taken at Claymont. Outlying reported infestations, which may or 
may not "be isolated ones, having "been reported from Sgremont and Westfield, 
Mass.; Crescent, N. Y.; and Torrington and Glastonbury, Conn. It is of in- 
terest to note that while this insect is abundant in the major Butch elm 
disease zone centered around New York City, it, has not been found in out- 
lying infected areas in Indianapolis, I n d. , Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, 
Baltimore and Brunswick, Md. , Norf oik, .Va. , or, Old Lyme, Conn. The larger 
European elm bark beetle (S_. scolytus Fab.), considered the most important 
carrier of the disease in Europe, has not been found in the United States. 
(T. H. Jones, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
GYPSY MOTH 
The hatch of egg clusters of the gypsy moth in the spring was quite 
variable, the low temperatures during the winter of 193^*~35 being respon- 
sible for the killing of many clusters. However, the killing temperatures 
were not uniform in many sections of the infested areas, as considerable 
hatching of exposed egg clusters was noted in some localities. Egg clusters 
below the snow line showed a high percentage of hatch. Larvae were not ab- 
undant enough to cause complete defoliation until they .had reached maturity. 
During the summer a total of 5^0?7^9 acres of woodland was partially or 
totally defoliated, an increase of almost 50*000 acres over 19 3^ • ^ n Maine 
and New Hampshire the areas of defoliation were increased quite extensively. 
In Massachusetts there %s a slight decrease in the eastern and southeastern 
sections; however, in the western part of Worcester County and in sections 
of Franklin and Hampshire Counties east of the Connecticut River heavy 
defoliation occurred, the areas affected being much more extensive than in 
193^ > and much greater than ever before recorded in this section of the 
State, Some of the areas entirely defoliated in 193^ suffered the same 
degree of injury in 1935* * n Rhode Island there was a slight decrease in 
defoliation, while in Vermont there was a slight increase, and in Connecticut 
a considerable increase was noted, (A. F. Burgess, Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
BROTiT-TAIL MOTH 
During the fall and winter of 193^~35 brown-tail webs were cut over 
most of the infested area in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and some were 
cut in southern Maine by the State forces. In Maine slightly over 72>000 
webs were cut and destroyed; in New Hampshire over 1,500,000 were destroyed; 
and in Massachusetts over l6S,000. During the summer of 1935 there were no 
reports of extensive defoliation, although in one or twn towns in north- 
eastern Massachusetts slight defoliation was noted in limited areas. 
Throughout the insect ! s range the infestation is rather light, being somewhat 
heavier in scattered towns. There are some areas in southern Maine, southern 
New Hampshire, and southeastern Massachusetts where the winter webs are quite 
noticeable on fruit trees. (A. F, Burgess, Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
