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CONTENTS 



Special Insects of Regional Significance 561 



Insects Affecting 



Corn, Sorghum, Sugarcane 563 Beans and Peas 567 



Small Grains 564 General Vegetables 567 



Forage Legumes 565 Deciduous Fruits and Nuts 568 



Soybeans 565 Citrus 568 



Peanuts 566 Ornamentals 568 



Cotton 566 Forest and Shade Trees 568 



Tobacco 566 Man and Animals 569 



Potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers 567 



Detection 567 



Beneficial Insects 570 



Federal and State Plant Protection Programs 570 



Hawaii Insect Report 572 



Light Trap Collections 573 



State Survey Coordinators 574 



State Survey Entomologists 577 



WEATHER OF THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 2 



Reprinted from Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin supplied by Environmental Data 

 Service, NOAA. 



HIGHLIGHTS: Midsummer heat intensified over the Far West. Over mid-America, 

 temperatures in the last week of July were more like those expected in early 

 autumn. Much of the central and eastern portions of the Nation received generous 

 ra ins . 



PRECIPITATION: A polar air mass spilled into mid-America and spread southward and 

 eastward. Tropical gulf air continued to flow northward across Dixie and into the 

 East. Thunderstorms occurred in the warm humid air and along the front that 

 separated the two air masses. Numerous scattered downpours occurred here and there. 

 A downpour of 1.56 inches of rain in 36 minutes Monday afternoon at Albuquerque, 

 New Mexico, caused rock slides and closed roads. Tuesday afternoon, scattered heavy 

 showers occurred from eastern Nebraska to northeastern Texas and also across the 

 Southland to Georgia. More thundershowers fell in Kansas, northeastern Texas, and 

 from Ohio to the lower Mississippi River Valley Wednesday afternoon and evening. 

 Dodge City, Kansas, registered 1.64 inches of rain the 24-hour period ending at 

 6 a.m. Thursday. Other stations in the Dodge City vicinity received 3 to more 

 than 4 inches and a number of stations in northeastern Texas received 1 to 3 

 inches or more in the same 24-hour period. Totals exceeding 1 inch were recorded 

 in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Thursday's rains extended from 

 the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. Some totals north of Lufkin, Texas, 

 measured Friday morning exceeded 3 inches. Southern New Hampshire received 2.50- 

 inch rains Thursday and early Friday. Weekend rains covered most of the eastern 

 third of the Nation. The southern Rocky Mountains received light showers Sunday. 



TEMPERATURE : Summer heat continued in the Far Southwest. Needles, California, 

 registered 116° Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Warm summer temperatures also 

 persisted in the interior portions of Washington and Oregon, where afternoon 

 temperatures reached the 90's on most days and 100° or higher on 1 or 2 afternoons. 

 Maximums reached the 90's in New Mexico, Texas, along the gulf coast, and on the 

 Florida Peninsula. A large dry, cool, air mass pushed into the North Central States 

 from Canada early in the week. It brought weather more characteristic of 

 September than July. It dropped nighttime temperatures into the 40's and held 

 afternoon readings in the 60 ' s . Parts of Montana and North Dakota cooled to the 

 30's Monday morning. Big Piney, Wyoming, registered 36° Tuesday morning and 

 Sheridan. Wyoming, recorded 35° Thursday. This is the coldest July temperature of 

 Weather of the week continued on page 572. 



