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CONTENTS 



Special Insects of Regional Significance 467 



Insects Affecting 



Corn, Sorghum, Sugarcane 468 Potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers 472 



Small Grains 470 Beans and Peas 473 



Forage Legumes 470 Cucurbits 473 



Soybeans 471 General Vegetables 473 



Peanuts 471 Deciduous Fruits and Nuts 474 



Cotton 471 Small Fruits 475 



Tobacco 472 Ornamentals 475 



Sugar Beets 472 Forest and Shade Trees 475 



Miscellaneous Field Crops 472 Man and Animals 476 



Beneficial Insects 478 



Federal and State Plant Protection Programs 479 



Hawaii Insect Report 481 



Detection 481 



Corrections „ 481 



Light Trap Collections , 482 



WEATHER OF THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 28 



Reprinted from Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin supplied by Environmental Data 

 Service, NOAA. 



HIGHLIGHTS : Afternoon and evening thundershowers produced most of the precipita- 

 tion. It was the hottest week of the season in parts of the Nation. 



PRECIPITATION : Thunderstorms occurred over the Great Plains and the Deep South 

 early in the week. Hail, high winds, and heavy showers accompanied some of the 

 thunderstorms. A thunderstorm with winds approaching 60 m.p.h. and hail as large 

 as golf balls moved across Kansas City, Missouri, late Tuesday afternoon. Other 

 thunderstorms with hail caused considerable crop damage in the Kansas City 

 vicinity Tuesday. Most of the thunderstorms occurred in the afternoons and 

 evenings and became less intense and more scattered in the early mornings. Some 

 generous thundershowers occurred in the northern Great Plains late in the week. 

 Weekly totals ranged widely from less than 0.10 inch to several inches. A number 

 of locations in Texas received 24-hour totals ranging from 4 to 5 inches or more. 

 Numerous locations in the Southeast received more than 3 inches during the week, 

 while less than 1 inch fell at nearby stations. A large area from southern 

 Wyoming to southern California and Arizona received no rain or only widely 

 scattered light sprinkles. 



TEMPERATURE : Most of the Nation averaged warmer than normal last week. A large 

 area from Nevada to Indiana and from Montana to Arkansas averaged 3° to 6° or 

 more warmer than normal. Three areas averaged slightly cooler than normal, the 

 Far Northwest, Texas, and from Mississippi to southwestern Virginia. Summer heat 

 continued over most of the Nation early in the week. Early morning temperatures 

 ranged from the 50's over the northern border States to the 70's across the South. 

 Afternoon readings were in the 70's and 80's in the North and the 90's in the 

 South except in some southwestern desert areas where temperatures exceeded 100° . 

 Needles and Blythe, California, registered 114° Tuesday afternoon. A warming 

 trend over the West brought 90 heat to northeastern Washington Tuesday afternoon 

 and to north-central Montana Wednesday. Maximums in several States reached 100° 

 or higher on Tuesday and Wednesday. Miles City, Montana, registered 98° Wednesday 

 afternoon. The heat over the central Great Plains became especially intense 

 Thursday and Saturday. Maximums at Hill City, Kansas, averaged 105 from Wednesday 

 to Saturday. Minneapolis, Minnesota, warmed to 96° Sunday afternoon and cooled 

 only to 77 Monday morning, June 28. In some areas, last week was the warmest 

 since August 1970. 



