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(West Feliciana Parish) . In connection with the appearance of the 
cicada near Baton Rouge, we have heard it reported that the insect 
appears every sewen years and that blackberry fruits are poisonous 
when it appears because the cicadas lay their eggs in the fruit. 
GIPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar L.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (June 23): The gips y moth is not proving as abundant 
as usual, and its egg masses in the vicinity of East Wareham have 
apparently been very heavily parasitized. Owing to heavy rains 
about the 15th or 16th, Mr. Farrar states that he has seen scarcely 
one of the gipsy moth this season, indicating that the infestation 
is very light indeed. Mr. A. R. Jenks of West Acton, in Middlesex 
County, reports in his region that gipsy moth work is almost negligible, 
BROWN-TAIL MOTH ( Euproctis chrvsorrhoea L.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (June 23): A. R. Jenks of West Acton, in Middlesex 
County, reports the brown-tail moth work almost negligible. Mr. 
Farrar states that he has seen scarcely a brown-tail caterpillar 
this season, owing to heavy rains about the 15th or 16th, indicating 
that the infestation is very light indeed. 
CANKERWORMS ( Alsophila pometaria Harr. and 
Paleacrita verna ta Peck .) 
New Jersey 
H. B. Weiss (June l): 
trees at Morristown. 
Considerable damage has been done to forest 
Iowa Fred D. Butcher (June l) : Cankerworms are stripping elms and un- 
sprayed apple orchards in different parts of Louisa County. 
Wisconsin S. B. Fracker (June 15): Cankerworms are less injurious to elm 
than in 1921 and 1922 in southeastern counties; they are worse from 
Madison to Spring Green. 
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma disstria Huebn.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (June 23): From southern Worcester County a report 
was received that to some extent the forest tent caterpillars were 
mucl? more abundant than last season and, in fact, thicker than for 
many years all through the section of Framingham . 
Connecticut J. A. Manter (June 22): The tent caterpillar is now in the pupa 
stage and is on the increase at Mansfield. 
New York L. J . W. Jones (June 15): This insect is attacking maples at 
Bainbridge. It is probably increasing. The damage cannot be 
computed but apparently is slight here. A few wasplike parasites 
of various species are present. 
New Jersey H. B. Weiss (June l): Larvae are more plentiful than usual in 
Watching Mountains outside of Somerville and Bound Brook, with no 
serious injury. 
