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3R07/N-TAIL MOTH 
During the fall and "'inter of 1935-36. brown- tail noth webs 
were cut over the infested area in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 
and Rhode Island. In Maine, 1, 250, 085 brown- tail noth webs wore cut 
and destroyed; in New Hampshire, 2,78b,U-6l; in Massachusetts, 629, 7^7; 
and in Rhode Island a total of 306 were found in two towns in the eastern 
part of the State, this being the first infestation found in Rhode Island 
for a number of years. During the summer of 193& there were no reports 
of extensive defoliation, although slight defoliation was noted in a 
few towns in northeastern Massachusetts. In Maine and New Hampshire no 
noticeable defoliation was noted during: the season of 193&. ^ n late 
summer a number of winter webs were noted in southern Maine, southern 
New Hampshire, and northeastern Massachusetts. (A. P. Bur ; -; ess, Bureau 
of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
SATIN MOTH 
In some sections of the infested area in Now England, records 
made during the summer of 193& indicated that the satin moth is in- 
creasing quite rapidly. Although no extensive areas of defoliation 
were noted, heavy feeding was noted in southern Maine, southeastern 
and central New Hampshire, eastern Massachusetts, and near Bridgeport 
in southwestern Connecticut. In Rhode Island some of the towns were 
generally infested, but no areas of noticeable defoliation were noted 
and no increase over the degree of infestation in 1935 was noted. 
(A. F. Burgess, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, II. S. D. A.) 
SCBEWWOBM 
By November 13 a total of U3,206 cases of screwworms and maggots 
was reported in the Southeastern States and were distributed as follows: 
Alabama, 507; Florida, 39.912; Georgia, 2,ll6; Louisiana, 255; Mississ- 
ippi, 297; an( i South Carolina, 119. In Georgia most of the cases were 
reported from the southern counties during the autumn months. Of 
39.912 cases reported from Florida from January 1 to November 13, 
21,992 cases occurred during the months of June, July, August, Septem- 
ber, and October, the period when screwworms would normally be most 
prevalent. Cases were widely distributed in the State throughout the 
year but were not permitted to cause an outbreak in any locality. 
From June 19 to the 13th of November, 126,380 cases of screwworms 
and ma • ots were reported from the Southwestern States, of which 
102, U29 occurred in Texas; 21,269 in New Mexico; 9^2 in Oklahoma; 
590 in California; and 1,150 in Arizona. The weather during this 
period was such that screwworms would ordinarily be expected to occur 
in large numbers. The rainfall was regularly enough to keep wounds 
moist and attractive for flier,, "but was not sufficient to drown larvae 
and pupae in the soil. 
