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Now Hampshire. Hews Letter, Bureau of Plant Quarantine, No. 25 (January l): 
Mr. McNerney reports the finding of a gipsy moth egg mass on a crate of 
rough slabs containing laurel wreaths. Five such crates were moving to 
Boston from a point in the infested area in New Hampshire. 
Connecticut. News Letter, Bureau of Plant Quarantine (February 1): A report 
has "been received from the State of Connecticut indicating that the State 
force have discovered a large gipsy moth infestation in woodland in the 
town of Wolcott. 'They have already treated over 4,500 egg clusters in an 
area of about a square mile and a large amount of additional work will 
have to be done before work is completed there. The presence of so large 
an infestation within 5 miles of the eastern border of the barrier zone 
might prove to be serious had it not been discovered, for there would be 
considerable danger of the small gipsy moth caterpillars drifting into 
the barrier zone daring the spring if the wind were blowing in a westerly 
direction. As no Federal funds are available for work east of the bar- 
rier zone and as there are not sufficient State or town funds appropri- 
ated to do a great deal of woodland scouting, there is no means of know- 
ing whether or not similar infestations exist in other localities near 
the eastern border of the barrier zone. 
SPRING CANKER WORM ( Paleacrjta vernata Peck) 
Kansas. H. 3. Hungerford (February 20): The spring canker worms are abundant 
at Lawrence and were emerging in January. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (February 22): A canker worm male moth was taken at 
Columbia late in January and male and female moths the first week in 
February in the Kansas City and St. Joseph areas. 
FALL CANKER WORM ( Also phi la pomctaria Harr. ) 
New York. E. P. Felt (February 21) : Fall canker worm eggs are very abundant 
on Long Island and there is likely to be considerable defoliation. 
Kansas. K. B. Hungerford (February 20): The fall canker worms are abundant at 
Lawrence. They were emerging in December. 
K. R. Bryson (February 23): Emergence of the fall canker worms began 
about the first of January and continued throughout the month. The peak 
of the emergence of this brood occurred January 31. The spring brood 
began to emerge the last week in January, but, to date, has not reached 
the height of its emergence. 
RESPLENDENT SHIELD BEARER ( Coptodisca splendoriferel la Clem.) 
New York. E. P. Felt (February 21): The resplendent shield bearer, C. sp 1 en- 
do riferella is somewhat abundant on Long Island, though not sufficiently 
numerous to cause material injury. 
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BRONZE BIRCH BORER ( Agrilus anxius Gory) 
New England and New York. *'S. P. Felt (February 21): The bronze birch borer 
occurs in a magnificent row of white birch at Glen Cove, Long Island, 
