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FOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
FALL GAMER WORM ( Alsouhila -pometaria Harr. ) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (April 26): Many eggs of the fall canker worm were ob- 
served on elm trees at Burlington, April 6. These were on the trunks be- 
low sticky hands which had been applied last fall. Several adults of the 
spring canker worms were noted at the same time. 
New York. R. D. Glasgow (April 24): Egg masses of the fa'll canker worm are 
unusually abundant in many parts of southeastern New York. In 1932 this 
insect caused severe injury to, and occasionally complete defoliation of, 
ornamental and forest trees in southeastern New York; and similar injury, 
in 1933, appears to be in prospect, at least for marts of the same area. 
CANKER WORMS (Geometridae) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (April 21): Canker worms are moderately abundant 
in Fargo. Moths began to appear April 15. 
SPRING GAMER WORM (Paleacrita vernata Peck) 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (April 1): The first moth, female, was found 
April 1 (or 7th - writing indistinct) at Brookings. 
Kansas. H. 3. Hungerford (April 12): Spring canker worms are abundant at 
Lawrence this season. Fall canker worms also are abundant at Lawrence. 
GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar L. ) 
New Jersey. New York Packer (April 1): After no signs of the gypsy moth had 
been found in New Jersey for four years and -the State was considered to be 
free of any 'infestation of the insect, employees of the State Department of 
Agriculture recently discovered a gyvsy moth egg mass near Mount Freedom, 
in Morris County, the Department has announced. The' egg mass found probably 
represents wind dispersion from an undiscovered colony, probably within 
several miles of Mount Freedom, the Department believes. 'Although it lias 
only a skeleton gypsy moth staff, supervisor, and three scouts, it is en- 
deavoring to locate the parent infestation by thoroughly scouting in widen- 
ing circles the area surrounding Mount Freedom. Because of reduced Federal 
appropriations, the Department has to carry on the work without assistance 
from the United States Department of Agriculture. The egg mass was sent 
to the gipsy moth laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture, 
in Greenfield, Mass., and was found to be new and viable. 
BAGT70RM ( Thyridopteryx er>hemeraef ormi s Haw. ) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendenhall (April 24): According to the number of bags on the 
shade trees, the indications are that the bagworms will be plentiful in the 
vicinity of Columbus and in southwestern counties. Some property ovners 
have handpicked them, which will help to diminish the population of bag- 
worms. 
