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GREEN MAPLE WORMS ( Graptolitha spp.) 
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Vermont. H. L. Bailey (June 29) : Very abundant in swampy area at, the. mouth of 
the Lamoille River, Chittenden County, in northwestern Vermont. Soft maple, 
swairrp oak, ash, willow, and other trees are, being defoliated, G. antennata 
Walk, and G. laticinerea G-rote are probably represented. Wide variation in 
the size of the larvae was noted on June 10* , - u 
GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar L. ) 
Maine. P. H. Lathrop (June 22): Larvae are unusually abundant in woodlands in 
southwestern Maine 1 . Drifting larvae caused much concern to apple growers, 
especially in young orchards. Carabus . auratus L. , predacious on the 'gypsy 
moth, occurs commonly in gardens in and near Orono. Orono is out of the 
area of severe gypsy moth infestation, therefore the occurrence of this 
carabid is interesting. 
H. B. Peirson (June l): Heavy infestation is occurring in southern Maine. 
Ai- P. Burgess (May): Egg clusters started to hatch in the Bangor district 
the middle of May. The first hatching at Portland was noted on May l6 and 
by the 18th larvae were leaving the egg clusters. 
New Hampshire. A. P. Burgess (May): Hatching at Quincy, Grafton County, where 
the first hatch was noted on May lU. 
Massachusetts, A. I. Bourne (June 23): Causing extensive and serious defoli- 
ation in many sections of the State, Reports were received late in May 
from the eastern part of the State that the larvae were appearing in large 
numbers and beginning to cause serious stripping. It was reported from 
Bristol County, in the southeastern part of the State, as causing consider- 
able damage, to. newly set fruit of peach, 
A. P. Burgess (May): The earliest observations of hatching of 
gypsy moth eggs were' made at Billerica on May 5« l ^ le initial hatching at 
Ipswich was noted on May 10, and hatching was rather general in the Cape 
Cod section by May 12.* Larval hatch has been reported as very heavy in 
the Middleboro district, . .'. t 
.... SATIN MOTH "( Stilpnotia salicis L.) 
Maine. H. B. Peirson (June 15): Very abundant on poplars in central and 
southern Maine, Besides stripping trees the larvae causing complaints by 
crawling into houses. s 
Connecticut, , P. A. Stanley (June 7): Willow and poplar in Bridgeport and 
Stratford are noticeably defoliated. 
• ' BAGWORM ( Thyridopteryx ephemerae formi s Haw, ) 
District of Columbia. J. A. Hyslop (June 30): Numerous calls are being received 
for methods of control on evergreens. 
