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T7EiTi;-IUBJ:ED TUSSOCIZ MOTH 
The white-narked tussock moth (ll eiricrocer..pa l eucostiCTa $♦ & A*) 
was not reportod as abnnrr.'al]y abxindant from any considerable area throiigh- 
out its range, Ko^.rcver, an intcrectirig record came froia Bangor, Maine, 
where it ""'as quite conspicuous Tor the first tine in a number of years. 
3a&t:ohi.: 
The situation as re4:ards the "basv/orm ( T hyr idopt er:,oc ephemeraef orrais 
Hav7,) in the Ivlississippi Valley and the East Central States has not materi- 
ally changed frora last year. This insect is still apparently on the increase 
in Ohio. Parasitisn seens to be increasing?; in Missouri and in the remainder 
of the territory the infestations reuiain about the sane as last year. 
Serious daria^^e was reported from South Carolina this year. 
GIPSY ^'.CTH 
"The project of extenninating the gipsy moth (P orthetria dispar L, ) 
in He'" Jersey has been continued by the State of New Jersey in cooperation 
with the Federal Goverrjraent. The area requiring treatment has been greatly 
reduced and the intensity of the infestation decreased from over 3,000,000 
egg clx^-sters to lef^s than 100 egg clusters. Ho defoliation or damage to 
trees has occurred in He" Jersey since the first suiraer's (1920) wrk and 
Jhere is every prospect that finally this infestation will be extferminated* 
Since the estsLblishraent of the barrier zone in eastern New York 
and western He-^ En-..^;land in 1923 and 193-1 the gipsy moth conditions \"ithin 
the zone have gradually improved as a result of. the intensive work vhich 
has been carried on oy the Conservation Commission of the State of New York 
and by the united States Department of Af^Ticulture, A statement of .the 
conditions east of the zone is not so encouraging, for this insect has 
gradually/ increased in abundance since 1934, when it caused a smaller 
amount of defoliation than at any time for approximately t'.^enty years. Since 
then the acreage iefoliated in New England has increased from about 800 
acres to over 262,000 acres, during the suiii-ier of 1928, In addition to this 
great increase in abui^^dance it has spread toward the barrier zone and several 
serious infestations are present between the eastern boundary of the zone 
and the Connecticut Pdver. This has necessitated ' a charge in the quarantine 
regulations on account of the gipsy moth and several towns have been added 
to the area designated as generally infested. Under the present conditions 
the problem of keeping the barrier- zone clean and free of infestations is a 
most difficult one, and imless the heaviest infestations between the 
Connecticut Pdver and the eastern boundary of the zone are treated, the zone 
itself will become reinfested. " (a, F. Bxirgess, Bureau of Entomology, U,S« 
D. aO 
BRO,VII--!I!AIL IviOTH 
"Tlie situation v;ith regard to the brown-tail moth ( iTyCTJia phaeorrhoea 
Donovan) has remained about the same for several years, but there iias been a 
slight increase in abundance in parts of Massachusetts during the past year. 
