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throughout most of New England. Infestations seem to "be on 
the decrease in maijiy localities. 
A. I. Bourne (SeptemlDer 2S) : The fall nelraorm, on the whole, 
has "been of normal ahundance. 
T. L, Ouyton (September 27): I 'wOuld like to report the presence 
of the fall wehuorm in rather unusual numbers in the vicinity of 
York, feeding on the foliage of maple, mulberry, cherry, and • 
apple , 
0. I. Snapp (August I9) : An unusually heavy infestation of the 
fall v/ebvrarm on pecan, forest , and shade trees betv/eon Charlotte 
and Greensboro has been reported; some trees v/ere nearly defoli- 
ated. 
H. H. Sv;enk (August 25-September 25): The fall ^veb-Torm has been 
somewhat super normally numerous on the shade trees in eastern 
Nebraska during the period covered by this report. 
R. W. Harned (September 22); The fall uebworm has begun to show 
up on hickory and pecan trees in the vicinity of A. & IvI. College. 
A FALL VS3V;om: (Kyphantria textor Harr . ) 
E. P. Felt (September 2k): The fall -rebv/orm, Hyphantria textor . 
appeared early in August and v.as very numerous on all kinds of 
trees, especially plums and related genera, in Rochester 
(R. E. Horsey). It v/as also some-.vhat numerous in a section 
about Albany and south in the Hudson Valley. 
RED-HTi-iEED CATERPILLAR ( Schizura concinna S. & A. ) 
J. V. Schaffner, Jr. (September 23): Schi zura concinna S. & A. , 
is common throughout most of IJev/ England and northern Nev; York, 
It v/as found feeding on boxelder, elm, poplar, vald cherry, 
willo'.v, chokeberry, plum, apple, and s'-veet fern. 
A. I. 3o\irne (September 2o) : The red-humped caterpillars have 
been abundant since early August. They have not proven to be 
so abundant as dm'ing 132G, but have been rather more 
numerous than is tisually the case. 
GYPSY MCfTH (Porthetria di spar L. ) 
iMonthly News Letter, Bureau of Entomology , No. I60 (August , 192?) J 
J. y. Schaffner and C, li. Symonds, of the ,Typsy-moth laboratory, 
completed on August 30 ^ ^'-'^ week's trip into Nev; York State, 
collecting iiative larvae to determine the dispersion of an im- 
ported gypsy -moth parasite, Compsilura concinnata . Although 
