Show A aw W alotti A new and disastrous insect pest has made its appearance in Mass massachusetts achus e ats and is causing a sensation lit in the state stale it is ot of a caterpillar species and Is a voracious feeder on the foliage of trees preferably fruit trees tile the follow following ilig statement has been issued by prof 0 5 n R fernald Fc rnald entomologist to the hatch experiment station at the massachusetts agricultural college it is my lay unpleasant duty to call attention to the presence of an injurious insect pest which Is committing great injury to the fruit trees in cambridge and somerville and which has beer mistaken for the gypsy moth by the citizens in that locality I 1 have carefully examined the caterpillars ot of this insect sent to me by my assistants on oil tho the gypsy moth work and find them to be a common european species known 1 in england by the name ot of the brown tall moth which is widely distributed in tho the old world and which Is very injurious to fruit and foreign trees I 1 have before me a cop of the law enacted lu in belgium if many years ago qi rIDer the owners to clear this thia I 1 insect E from if trees and giving the best beat M accomplishing this work mirtha ii were enacted in III france similar li 1 I arid and otter other 1 eq en kopcan coplan countries at a 1 much itch date tho the ins insect act Is now in earlier earn i pillar gt state ate and its destructive the cater cate bili ties fire are abundantly an shown defoliated by the ha pear trees along avenue and id adjacent streets adult moth Is white with th a dense dash brown tuft of hair re kiil near the body and the wings expand the end chilot of one inch and a halt half these about out chiefly in III the night anti and lay their moths math fly a in july in clusters of 0 about eggs ega or ath on the under side ot of the leaves in short time the eggs ba hatch tell and he young caterpillars caterpillar a spin compact at the tips tills ot of the branches vein these webs the caterpillars spend UK the winter emerging early in slay gar shea be they commence to feed voraciously the foliage the caterpillars on oa are quit hairy dark j brown with a row ot white 1 spots pots along each side I 1 do not ant kno know how tills this insect came to this country but as there are nurseries and green ereen houses in the immediate vicinity at 0 the infested area where foreign plan ti have been handled to a considerable extent it is quite possible that the pes may hai hae e been imported on may e on some ol at oi this stock I 1 would advise the owner ownen of 0 infested estell trees to spray them v 1 1 paris green lit in water waler in proportion at 0 one pound to gallons or what 1111 be more effective with arsenate of lead in the proportion of five pounds to I 1 the massachusetts apsy moth dicta com coin kittee held a meeting to consider the best way of dealing with the caw enemy but not much can be done now because all the funds ot of the committee were appropriated exclusively tw fok fighting the gypsy moth possibly an all effort will be made to get a special ap all atlon in order to attack the tha in at the earliest possible b but i t on account of the lateness ot at tie session S ion it if for no other reason the task of putting a bill through gif is I 1 edged to be difficult |