Middletown, Portland, Kent, New Hartford, Plymouth, Roxbury, Thomaston, Watertown, Woodbury, Burlington, Canton, New Britain, Newington, Sterling and Woodstock.

European foul brood was found in each county in the state and in the following 37 towns: Bethel, Fairfield, Huntington, New Canaan, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Ansonia, Madison, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Waterbury, Wolcott, Durham, Lisbon, Montville, New London, Norwich, Waterford, New Milford, Plymouth, Bloomfield, Bristol, East Windsor, Farmington, Manchester, New Britain, Plainville, Southington, Coventry, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling and Windham. The percentage of apiaries and colonies infested was considerably lower than in 1916. American foul brood was found only in the town of Old Lyme in New London County. Of the 473 apiaries containing 4,506 colonies examined, 90 apiaries containing 241 colonies, or about 19 per cent., were found diseased.

The statistics of the apiaries inspected in each of the 84 towns in each of the eight counties may be found in the following tables, the summary occurring on page 245:

* European foul brood unless otherwise indicated.

§ One with European foul brood and one with sacbrood.

European foul brood was reported by Dr. Phillips from Wethersfield and Thompson.

SUPPRESSION WORK AGAINST THE GIPSY AND
BROWN-TAIL MOTHS.

BY W. E. BRITTON AND IRVING W. DAVIS.

The work against these two pests has been conducted as in preceding years. Mr. Davis has had supervision of the field work under the State Entomologist, and since June 1, 1917, has been assisted by Mr. John T. Ashworth, who has had much experience in this work, being formerly employed by the Gipsy Moth Commission of Massachusetts, and more recently by the Bureau of Entomology of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

The scouts and other employees necessary have been hired as needed. Some of the scouts have worked for us for several seasons, and have also been employed by the Federal Bureau of Entomology. Others have taken up the work more recently and have received their training by working with the other men in the scouting crews. The force has been impaired, and the work interrupted by men accepting other positions or entering the military service of their country. It is very difficult at present to obtain any kind of help, and much more so the character and type of men who develop into good scouts.

In all of this work the most cordial co-operation has existed between this office and the Federal Bureau of Entomology, and we wish especially to express our thanks to Messrs. A. F. Burgess and L. H. Worthley, who have been in charge of the work for the Bureau.

For the control of the brown-tail moth we have continued clipping off and destroying the winter nests; for suppressing the gipsy moth, the work has consisted of scouting and creosoting egg-clusters, spraying badly infested areas, and banding and destroying caterpillars in and around the colonies or infestations.

NEW EQUIPMENT.

But little new equipment was purchased during the past year. The Ford touring car was turned in toward a new one in the first part of the spring and this has been used by Mr. Ashworth in his work. It is not proving as good as the older model. A fourcylinder Buick touring car was also purchased and has been used by Mr. Davis. As the territory grows, more money and time are saved by the use of automobiles, for many of the towns, such as Ashford and Voluntown, are miles from a railroad.

EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE. The following men have enlisted in the Army or Navy: Sergt. George D. Stone, Battery D, 56th Mobile Artillery. Adolph D. Jarvais, Battery D, 56th Mobile Artillery. William Lord, U. S. Naval Reserve.

George Benoit, Medical Corps.

Clifford A. Ladd, U. S. Navy.

W. Floyd Logee, U. S. Navy.

Charles A. Burdick, 174th Aero Squadron.

James A. Knight, Depot Brigade, Camp Devens.

BROWN-TAIL MOTH WORK.

Though this insect now covers the eastern half of the State, it has not spread appreciably during the last two years. In fact, it is difficult to find webs in most of the area supposed to be infested. Last season the webs were so scarce, even in towns which had formerly been heavily infested, that it was not thought necessary to notify these towns to remove and destroy the webs