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and Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, and Norwood, Bergen County, N.J. ; 
Ossining, Westchester County, and Salisbury Hills, Orange County, N.Y. ; 
and Redding, Fairfield County, Conn. Beetles were taken in only 2 
out of 50 "blocks trapped in Pennsylvania. The positive finds in the 
latter State were in "blocks a few miles west of Trenton. Recoveries 
were made from only 2 squares of U2 "blocks comprising the rather lim- 
ited trapped area on Long Island. Beetles were taken from scattered 
"blocks along or near the periphery of the entire trapped zone. 
(L. H. Worthey, Bureau cf Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
GYPSY MOTH 
The hatch of gypsy moth egg clusters in the spring was quite 
variable, as the low temperatures during the winter of 1935 an£ i 193^ 
caused the killing of quite a number of them. The killing tempera- 
tures, however, were not •uniform in many sections of the infested 
areas, as a number cf the exposed e : ; clusters in some localities 
hatched during the season. Sgg clusters below the snow line showed 
a high percentage of hatch. During the summer a total cf U28,b22 
acres of woodland was partially or totally defoliated. 
In llaine there was a slight decrease in defoliation over 1935> 
and a considerable decrease in Nov; Hampshire and Rhode Island. In 
Massachusetts the amount of d foliation increased considerably over 
that recorded for the season of 1?35« This was due to the groat in- 
crease in two cf the counties in the southeastern section of the State, 
namely, Bristol and Norfolk Counties. In the former, over ^5,000 
acres were recorded as showing at least noticeable defoliation, whereas 
in 1935 only about 800 acres were recorded. In Norfolk County the 
total defoliation for 193^ was 13.000 acres, as compared to H5 acres 
in 1935. 
With the exception of Massachusetts, defoliation in general 
over the entire area was consid-rably less than it was in 1935> though 
scattered towns showed increase. 
In both Vermont and Connecticut no noticeable defoliation was 
recorded, whereas in 1935 several acres of noticeable defoliation were 
found in some localities in both of the States. (A. F. Burgess, Bureau 
of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.) 
