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FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma disstria Hbn.) 
Vermont and Massachusetts. A. E. Burgess (July and August): Killing of a 
largo number of red oaks, defoliated this year for the third time, 
reported from Vermont. Many trees not refoliating and apparently dead. 
Considerable number of pupae in a Massachusetts area found to be opened 
during tho first week in July and a high percentage found dead or con- 
taining a maggot of a tachinid parasite. 
New England and New York. E. P. Felt (August 23): Damage still generally 
evident on sugar maples in northwestern Connecticut, western Massachu- 
setts, southern Nov/ Hampshire, Vermont, and in adjacent areas in New 
York, also in the Mohawk Valley. A large proportion of the stripped 
trees in many communities and extensive areas of woodland seriously 
injured by the outbreak of last spring. 
GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar L. ) 
New England. A. E. Burgess (July and August ) : Infestation throughout most 
sections of the New England infested area loss than last year. Little or 
no stripping apparent this season in the Framingham, Mass., district , 
where many acres were defoliated last year. Many of the new egg clusters 
much smaller than those noted last year. A large decrease in infestation 
in the Cape Cod section of Massachusetts. No intense infestation in 
Greenfield, Mass., section, as in 1937* Several areas heavily defoliated 
in towns of Hingham and South Weymouth, Mass. Severe outbreak, accom- 
panied by extreme stripping, reported from two sections of Connecticut. 
SATIN MOTH (Stilpnotia salicis L.) 
New Hampshire. J. V. Schaffncr, Jr. (July 25): A rather heavy flight of 
moths occurred in the vicinity of Plymouth during the night of July 25. 
Hundreds of the moths clustered on electric light poles in the business 
section of the town. 
A HEMLOCK LOOPER ( Ellopia fiscellaria lugubrosa Hulst) 
Idaho. J. C. Evcnden (August): The hemlock looper, which in 1937 appeared in 
epidemic form throughout northern Idaho p.nd western Montana, is again 
defoliating large forest areas. A marked decline in the severity of 
this season's infestation is apparent and the epidemic in general is 
believed to be decreasing. Large percentage of overwintering eggs 
parasitized. 
CECROPIA MOTH ( Platysamia cccropia L. ) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 2h) : Reported as abundant on cherry at Tipton 
on August 8. Many specimens sent in from all sections of the northern 
half of the State during the last month, but in most cases simply 
because of their unusual appearance. 
