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r -son of the intensive cxtermi native measures applied by State and 
Federal agencies, it is believed that all of these minor incipient in- 
festations have "been eradicated. Conditions in the generally infest 
central and eastern parts of the area in New England were improved over 
the previous year. Defoliation, as compared with the previous year, 
was considerably reduce,! although largo areas were defoliated in many 
sections' of the territory." 1 
SATIN MOTH 
"There was appreciable spread by the satin moth (Stilnorvtia salicis 
L.) in the hew England area during 1930, beyond the previously known limits 
of infestation. This enlargement of the area occurred principally in pr-rts 
of the following counties: New Haven, Middlesex, and Hartford Counties, 
Conn.; Hampshire and Berkshir ■ Counties, Mass.; Windsor and Orange Counties, 
Vt.; Sullivan and Grafton Counties, N. II.; road Oxford, Franklin, Somerset, 
Piscataquis, Penobscot, and Washington Counties, Me. This new area, 
together with un'surveyed territory would embrace approximately 9,000 
square miles in addition to area previously quarantined. This insect was 
reported for the first time last year as defoliating poplar trees in wood- 
land in New Bngland. During 1930 several defoliated areas were reported 
in woodlands located between Manchester and Concord, N. H. , and also in 
the vicinity of Exeter, N. H. In general the infestation by this insect 
in New England appears to be increasing in density in certain districts 
and is steadily expanding the area which it occupies. This insect was 
reported for the first tine in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia by assistants 
of the Dominion Entomologist. A number of locations extending roughly from 
Yarmouth to Annapolis Eoyal, Nova Scotia, were found,, together with a 
somewhat larger number in New Brunswick, including one at St. Andrew which 
is located on the international line south of Calais, Me., at Fredericton 
and Moncton, together with a number of towns surrounding the latter city." 1 
BA07/N-TAIL MOTH 
"The brown-tail moth ( Ny.pnia ^ho.cprrhoen Don. ) has not been seriously 
abundant except in southern New Hampshire and in some isolated areas in 
Maine and eastern Massachusetts. Severe defoliation occurred in many 
districts of southern New Hampshire, particularly from Concord southward, 
including territory east of the Merrimac liiver anc" extending nearly to 
the seacoast. Small defoliated areas were also recorded in towns immedi- 
ately west of the river, but in other parts of the infested territory the 
infestation was no more abundant than usual. In most of the residential 
sections, particularly in Massachusetts, the wintering webs are removed 
annually and burned by the local authorities." 1 
1 Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, U. S. D. A. 
