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North Carolina , Alamance, Bladen, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, 
Halifax, Randolph, Wake, Wilkes. 
Oklahoma , Adair, Caddo, Cherokee, Delaware, Logan, Mc Curtain, Muskogee, 
Oklahoma, Ottawa, Payne. 
South Carolina , Chester, Greenwood, Lexington, McCormick, Oconee, Richland, 
York. 
Tennessee , Bradley, Chester, Davidson, Giles, Hamilton, Marshall, Maury, 
Putnam, Sumner. 
Virginia , Halifax, Henrico. 
GIPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH 6 
The first egg clusters of the gypsy moth ( Porthetria djspar L.) 
observed hatching in New England were seen on May 3. Dates of first hatch 
varied somewhat with the locality, the latest "being May 19 for one of the 
northern points. With the exception of some of the northern localities, 
hatching was general by May 15 and maximum hatch came a few days later. 
In the Barrier Zone 32 infestations were found with an aggregate of 1,497 
egg ©lusters. Seventeen of these infestations were found in Massachusetts, 
thirteen in Connecticut, and two in New York. During the year the total 
number of acres in which there was partial to complete defoliation was 
397,000, as compared with 286,000 in 1932. In New Jersey a single scattered 
infestation of 112 egg clusters was found in an especially rough section 
about 6 miles northwest of Morristown. Intensive scouting and thorough 
treatment of egg clusters were followed by spraying in June. All work was 
performed by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. In Pennsylvania the 
area of known infestation was found to cover about 230 square miles. The 
exact extent was not found, as hatching forced the discontinuance of scouting. 
This area, centering near Pittston in Luzerne County, embraced parts or all 
of 15 towns in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties. Intensive scouting and clean- 
up work are being continued. During the year, outside the brown-tail moth 
( Nygmia phaeorrhoea Don.) quarantine line, 20 towns were found infested in 
Maine, 18 in New Hampshire, and 5 in Vermont. Much of the southern half of 
New Hampshire, and a corresponding area in Maine, was densely infested an_d 
heavy defoliation resulted. Furthermore, the hibernating webs were extremely 
abundant in this area late in the fall. In Massachusetts the infestation was 
generally light, but here and there towns were found with areas of heavier 
infestation. 
SATIN MOTH 6 
North of the quarantine line, in Maine the towns of Crystal, Houlton, 
Molunkus, Reed Plantation, Silver Ridge, Staceyville, and Strong, and in 
New Hampshire the town of Haverhill, were found infested with the satin 
moth ( Stilpnotia salicis L.), Within the infested area, severe defoliation 
was recorded in Bangor and Brewfer, Me.; Alton, Ashland, Campton, Center 
Harbor, Freedom, and Laconia, N. H. ; and in Yarmouth, Mass. Elsewhere in 
the infested area the defoliation was not severe, though there was noticeable 
feeding in. many towns, 
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6 Bureau of Plant Quarantine, U. S, D. A. 
