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BRCFN-TAlL MOTH ( Euproctis chrvsorrhoea L.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (April 20): In regard to the brown-tail moth 
there is reported a heavier infestation along the Ipswich River 
and apparently a maximum abundance in the towns of Boxford and 
Ipswich. The general impression is that the pest is increas- 
ing markedly over the last few years. (April 20 ): One 
observer in eastern Middlesex County reported finding but three 
or four nests on 1,200 young bearing apple trees, which would 
indicate at least that the pest, in this particular section, 
does not promise to be as abundant as normally. 
TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma ar eric ana Fab.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (April 20): In the northern section of the county 
the tent caterpillar would appear tc us possibly waxing more 
abundant every year, as one report states that infestation is 
discouragingly heavy, although in some sections not quite as 
bad as last year. It is impossible to state just how serious 
this will be this season, as none of the egg masses have hatched 
yet . In eastern Middlesex County the tent caterpillar is 
apparently holding its own, and, judging from the number of egg 
masses seen, will be fully as abundant as last year. 
FALL CANKERWORM ( Alsoohila pometaria Harr.) 
New Jersey H. B. Y/eiss (March 26): Adults are out in large numbers. Eggs 
are being laid on shade trees. 
LARGER CHESTNUT WEEVIL ( Balaninus tirobos sideus Fab.) 
West Virginia Monthly News Letter, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. D. A., No. 107 
(March, 19 23): The life history of the larger chestnut weevil, 
Balaninus proboscideus Fab., is entirely different from that of 
the lesser chestnut weevil, B. alconcuinus Casey, the beetles 
being present only for about two or three months in late summer 
and autumn. 
LESSER CHESTNUT WEEVIL ( Balaninus algonquinus Casey) 
West Virginia Monthly News Letter, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. T. A., No. 107 
(March, 1923): Mr. Fred E. Brocks, in charge of the French 
Creek, W. Va., station, communicates the interesting observation 
that ueetles of the lesser chestnut weevil, Balaninus algonquinus 
Caaey, are perpetually present on the trees during the growing 
season, the adults of one generation maturing in the ground 
before those of the preceding generation have ceased oviposition 
on the trees . 
