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CONTENTS 



Special Insects of Regional Significance 581 



Insects Affecting 



Corn, Sorghum, Sugarcane 583 Miscellaneous Field Crops 588 



Small Grains 585 Potatoes , Tomatoes , Peppers 588 



Turf, Pastures, Rangeland 585 Beans and Peas 588 



Forage Legumes 585 General Vegetables 588 



Soybeans 586 Deciduous Fruits and Nuts 589 



Peanuts 586 Citrus 589 



Cotton 586 Forest and Shade Trees 590 



Tobacco 587 Man and Animals 591 



Sugar Beets 587 Households and Structures 591 



Beneficial Insects 592 



Federal and State Plant Protection Programs 592 



Detection 594 



Hawaii Insect Report 594 



Light Trap Collections 595 



Distribution of Tobacco Flea Beetle. Map 596 



WEATHER OF THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 9 



Reprinted from Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin supplied by Environmental Data 

 Service, NOAA . 



HIGHLIGHTS : Summer heat continued over the West as autumn chill came to the North- 

 east . Rain showers fell over the eastern half of the Nation. They were especially 

 heavy in southern Texas . 



PRECIPITATION : Showers and thunderstorms occurred from southern New England to 

 the lower Rio Grande Valley along the front marking the leading edge of a large 

 high, which pushed from south central Canada into the United States. Especially 

 heavy showers occurred in southern Texas. From midnight Sunday to noon Monday 

 8.75 inches of rain fell at Laredo, Texas. Laredo's total for the 48-hour period 

 ending Tuesday morning was 10.22 inches. This is more rain than has fallen at 

 Laredo in their previous wettest month. Camp Bullis near San Antonio received 

 13.10 inches of rain in the 48-hour period ending Tuesday morning. The weather 

 system moved slowly and much of the eastern half of the Nation received generous 

 rains in the first half of the week. From 6 to 12.50 inches of rain in eastern 

 and northeastern Baltimore, Maryland, caused 16 deaths and millions of dollars 

 property damage. As the weekend approached, the front became quasi-stationary from 

 northern Texas to the Carolinas. The showers diminished or stopped except across 

 the Southland south of the front. Light sprinkles dotted the central Rocky Moun- 

 tains and the central Great Plains. No rain or only light widely scattered sprin- 

 kles fell over the Dakotas , Minnesota, and nearby portions of the neighboring 

 States . 



TEMPERATURE : A large high moved slowly from Canada to the upper Mississippi River 

 Valley early in the week. It brought autumn chill to the North Central and North- 

 east. Maximum temperatures in the 70 's were common from the Red River of the 

 North to New England. By Thursday, the cool air had spread southward to Kentucky 

 and Virginia, and temperatures over much of the Northeast resembled those expect- 

 ed in mid-September. At Huntington, West Virginia, the thermometer reached only 

 to 70* Thursday afternoon. Early morning temperatures in the North Central and 

 Northeast were generally in the 40's and 50's. Summer heat continued over the 

 West. Maximums climbed to 100* to 110* in the southwestern deserts almost every 

 day, and from 100° to 105* for several consecutive days at Havre, Montana. Early 

 morning temperatures across the South ranged from the 80's in the Southwest to the 

 70's over the South Central and Southeast. As the weekend approached, a large high 



For continuation of weather of the week and for 30-day forecast, see page 593. 



