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seven towns in Massachusetts. Througho ut the remainder of the infested ter- 
ritory the defoliation was much less severe than in previous years. 
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR 
Early in the spring generally heavy infestations by the eastern tent 
caterpillar ( Malacosoma america.na Fab.) were reported in Maine as far north 
as Augusta, in southern New Hampshire and Vermont, in eastern Massachusetts, 
through Connecticut to southern New York in the Hudson River Valley and on 
Long Island, in southeastern Pennsylvania, in Delaware, and from the coast- 
al plain section of Maryland and Virginia to central Georgia- For the most 
part these did not prove very serious as the season advanced, although 
there was considerable defoliation in limited localities. In eastern Texas 
(3razos County), where it was defoliating red haw, this insect was reported 
during March as more abundant than it had been observed in many years. 
This insect, associated with the forest tent caterpillar. (M. disstria Ilbn. ), 
appeared in severe outbreak numbers near Sioux City, Iowa, and the latter 
insect occurred in one of the heaviest outbreaks yet recorded in Maine, 
several square miles of forest area having been seriously defoliated in 
the southwestern counties. 
BA&WORM 
The bagworm ( Thyridoeteryx ephemeraeformis- Haw. ) was very abundant and 
destructive during the past summer in the Ohio and Mississippi Valley re- 
gions, reports of serious defoliation having come from central and south- 
western Ohio, the southern half of Indiana and Illinois, central and east- 
ern Kentucky, and southward to northwestern Alabama., and most of the State 
of Mississippi to the eastern third of Texas, the southernmost point being 
in Galveston County. The insect was also reported from Maryland, Delaware, 
New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania northward to the vicinity of New 
York City. In the West Centra.1 States the insect was reported from south- 
eastern Nebraska and southern Minnesota; this section is north of the usual 
range and the occurrence of this insect there from time to time is probably 
correlated with mild winters. 
TERMITES 1 
Luring the calender year 1932, 1,568 cases of termite ( Reticulitermes 
spp. ) injury to buildings were reported to the Federal Bureau. These were 
regionally and chronologically distributed as follows: 
JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT . OCT. NOV. DEC. 
New Eng. 22252554 3 30 
Mid. At 1. 13 27 65 90 79 65 39 40 27 24 25 22 516 
So.Atl. 10 26 38 55 53 34 23 29 14 21 9 19 331 
E.Cent. 10 6 18 33 22 16 9 12 7 5 8 6 152 
N. Cent. 1 91213 23 22 
*-Cent. 4 3 4 20 15 21 11 9 16 14 12 12 141 
L.Miss. 29 14 15 46 43 29 38 29 11 10 1 6 
o 
s - *■ 1 12 12 11 12 4 3 46 
Pacif. _J5 _2 _JL _J_ JLO 2 5 5 5 4 2 _1 _59 
Total 74 87 159 256 233 174 134 129 94 93 63 72 1,568 
1 T. E. Snyder, Bureau of Entomology, TJ. S. D. A. 
