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- <GIPSY MOTH. AND BROWN-TAIL: MOTH INVESTIGATIONS 
A. F. Burgess,. Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
Late in August A. F, Burgess and H. L. Blaisdell.visited the area in : 
New Jersey infested oy the gipsy moth,:and the infestations on Long Island. 
They were- accompanied by H. L. McIntyre, of the New York Conservation Commis- 
Sion, on the inspection trip on Long Isiand. Later in the month Messrs: * ~ 
Burgess and. Blaisdell visited the sections in New.York and Vermont where field. - 
control work against the gipsy moth is being cénducted. re 
Dr. L. 0. Howard visited the office and laboratory at Melrose Highlands,’ 
Mass., on September 1, and conferred with various men engaged in experimental 
and research work. | os 
Dr. H. Prells of Germany, visited the Gipsy Moth Laboratory early in 
September, and evinced considerable interest in the methods used of importing, 
rearing, and colonizing parasites of the gZipsy moth and the brown-tail moth, 
as well as in the methods of conducting field control work against these in- 
sects, 3 
Reports from various sections of the infested territory indicate a 
noticeable increase in the number of gipsy moth egg-clusters. This is parti- 
cularly true of the territory. south of Boston and on Cape Cod, where haavy 
defoliation occurred during the past summer. gdg 
Early in September A. F, Burgess, in. company with Messrs. Arthur Gib--: 
son, L. S. McLaine, and S. H. Short, of the Dominion Department of Agriculture; — 
made an inspection trip along the international line between Quebec and Ver-: 
mont, where scouting work is being done by the Canadian Government and the 
Bureau of Entomology. he ) “S 
. On September 8, at Rutland, Vt., A. F. Burgess attended a conference 
with officials of the State of Vermont concerning gipsy moth work; and-on: 
September 9 he attended the State gipsy moth quarantine nearing at Hartford, 
Conn, Lg 
_ say T. Webber, who has been for several months in Europe and Northern 
Africa, returned to the Melrose Highlands Laboratory September 25. Mr. Webber: 
reports a successful season in collecting and shipping parasitic material to 
this country, to assist in controlling the gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth. 
Harrison M. Tietz resigned September 7, 1926. Mr. Tietz-has accepted 
& position with the Pennsylvania State College, where he will teach entomology. 
