Torrington and Winchester were both scouted by State men. One old egg-cluster was found in each town. No further work was thought necessary.

NEW LONDON COUNTY.

East Lyme was scouted by State men this year the latter part of April and the first of May. One colony of 10 egg-clusters was found in woodland oaks owned by Mr. Dennison located on the road leading to Black point. This colony and woodland around it to the extent of one acre were sprayed in the summer by State

men.

About 84 miles of roadside scouting was done in Griswold this spring by a State crew, the largest colony found being one of seven egg-clusters in woodland owned by William Sullivan in the northeastern corner of the town near the Plainfield town line. Another of five egg-clusters was found in white oaks in the village of Glasko. The five other infestations were all smaller. Four of the seven places were sprayed by State men about the middle of June.

There were three clusters of infestations found in Groton this year, one in each of the villages of Groton, Noank and Mystic river; in the remainder of the township only five scattered colonies were found. The infestations were all small, 15 egg-clusters being the largest; these were in apple trees owned by Charles Heath and Charles Benjamin, located on the State road just west of Mystic River village. The next largest was in Noank on maple and apple trees owned by H. E. Bently, where 13 egg-clusters were found; the other infestations were nearly all under five eggclusters each. Spraying was done at 12 of the 19 infestations this summer by State men.

In Lisbon three of the four infestations found were in the southern part of the town near the Quinebaug River, and the fourth was a single egg-mass in an orchard in the northern part of the town. There were two colonies large enough to mention; one of 21 egg-clusters found in apple and oak trees on land owned by Sherman Waters, and the other contained nine egg-clusters in an orchard belonging to Paul Geist. Both colonies were along the river; three of the infestations were sprayed on June 14 by State

men.

One colony of 14 egg-masses was found in an old apple tree in Mr. John Barko's pasture in Montville this season. This tree was cut down and split open and the egg-clusters creosoted. No further work was thought necessary at this colony.

In New London two infestations were found, one of four eggclusters on apple trees in the yard of Mr. E. N. Crocker, and the other of three egg-clusters on maple shade trees on town property. Both of these infestations were sprayed June 10 by State men.

Five infestations were found in Norwich, with a total of 31 egg-clusters. Over half of them were found at one place, in an

apple tree and stone wall in a pasture owned by Louis Webber in the district known as East Great Plain, containing 17 eggclusters. The other four colonies were all small, five egg-clusters being the largest. Three of the five infestations were sprayed June 13 by State men.

The scouting in Old Lyme was confined to the sections of the town where gipsy moth infestations were found last year, namely, the northeastern and southwestern parts of the township. About 50 miles of roadside scouting was completed and nothing found.

One hundred and ninety-five egg-clusters were found in Preston, of which 144 were in two colonies. The first to be mentioned was the largest and was found in a white oak and stone wall in a pasture owned by Mr. Boswell, just west of Preston village on the south side of Prospect Hill, containing 122 egg-clusters. The next largest was one of 22 egg-masses, found on oak and apple trees in H. L. Harris' yard in the west end of the town near Laurel Hill; the four other colonies were small. All but one of these colonies were sprayed in June by State men; this one could not be reached with the hose available.

On account of the lateness of the season when reached, the scouting in Voluntown had to be confined to the areas around last year's infestations as larvae were already hatching. Three infestations were found, none of them large. Two of the colonies were close together in the southwestern corner of the town near the Griswold line; one contained seven and the other three eggclusters. It was impossible to spray at these places as the road was impassable for the sprayer truck. The single egg-mass infestation found on an apple tree owned by Mr. Wilcox near the pond in Great Meadow Brook was sprayed as larvae were found feeding when the egg-cluster was discovered. This work was done by State men.

One egg-cluster was found in Waterford and the larvae had already hatched and were feeding. This egg-mass was in an apple orchard owned by G. W. Peabody, located about one mile north of Manetock Hill near Jordan Brook. This infestation was sprayed June 11 by State men.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

Only one town, Cromwell, in Middlesex County was completely scouted this year, though two other towns were partly scouted, all the work being done by State men.

In Cromwell, no egg-clusters were found.

Old Saybrook was scouted only around last year's infestations and nothing was found.

In Middletown, similar methods were used and one new eggcluster found on an apple tree in an orchard owned by C. L. Johnson near Bear Hill. This egg-cluster was found just outside last last year's infestation at Mr. Johnson's place. Spraying was considered unnecessary.

NEW HAVEN COUNTY.

Two towns in New Haven County, Hamden and New Haven, were found to be infested this year, one colony_being_found in each town. That in New Haven was at 387 Howard Avenue, just south of the railroad bridge in three trees and on shrubs in a yard owned by M. J. Paxson, and contained six egg-clusters. The spraying was done on May 31 by State and Federal men.

The infestation in Hamden contained four egg-clusters and spraying was thought unnecessary. Federal men scouted these towns, and also Bethany, Derby, East Haven, Middlebury, Milford, Orange, Oxford, Southbury and Woodbridge, in which no infestations were found.

Branford, Guilford, Madison and North Branford were scouted by State men and no infestations found. In the towns of Cheshire, Wallingford, Waterbury and Wolcott, the scouting was confined to the territory around last year's infestations because the scouting season had so far advanced by the time these towns were reached that it was impossible to complete them before the men had to begin spraying. Nothing was found in these

towns.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY.

The work in Fairfield County was done by Federal men and consisted of scouting three towns, namely: Brookfield, New Fairfield and Sherman, no spraying being needed because no infestations were found.