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The most serious infestation of cotton "by the bean thrips ever recorded 
occurred this year in southern California. 
In this number of the Bulletin is a general summary of this year's 
developments of the gipsy moth, brown-tail moth, Oriental moth, and satin 
moth from the Melrose Highlands Laboratory cf the Bureau. During the summer 
the gipsy moth infestation was gene" -illy light except in the Cape Cod section. 
In the New Jersey infested area there was less infestation than any time since 
the discovery of this insect in the State. The brown-tail moth situation seems 
to be about the same as reported last year. Apparently the satin moth has 
spread greatly during the part season. Poplars and willows were entirely de- 
foliated in many towns from Cape Cod to the southern part r of Maine. The range 
of this pest is now recorded as extending northward to barren, Me., and 
Moultonbornugh, N. H. , westward to Wilton and Mason, N. E„ , and Worcester, 
Mass. , and as occupying the eastern third of Rhode Island. 
A serious infestation of a spanworm on larch. Ell opia fiscellgria Guen. , 
is reported from Wisconsin and Michigan. 
Infestation of pine by Cclaspis sp* , in Louisiana, upon w hich we 
reported in a previous number of the Bulletin, seems to be decidedly worse 
than last year, many trees being from half to three-quarters defoliated. 
During the month of September very heavy infestations by fleas have 
been reported from Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio, 
