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CONTENTS 

 Special Insects of Regional Significance 613 



Insects Affecting 



Corn, Sorghum, Sugarcane 614 Potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers 619 



Turf, Pastures, Rangeland 616 General Vegetables 620 



Forage Legumes 617 Deciduous Fruits and Nuts 621 



Soybeans 617 Citrus '. . . 621 



Cotton 617 Ornamentals 622 



Tobacco 619 Forest and Shade Trees 622 



Sugar Beets 619 Man and Animals 623 



Miscellaneous Field Crops 619 



Detection 620 



Beneficial Insects 623 



Federal and State Plant Protection Programs 624 



Hawaii Insect Report 625 



Light Trap Collections 626 



Whitef ringed Beetle Quarantines. Map. Centerfold. 



WEATHER OF THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 23 



Reprinted from Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin supplied by Environmental Data 

 Service, NOAA. 



HIGHLIGHTS ; The Northwest continued warm last week. A warming trend occurred 

 over the north central and northeastern portions. Heavy rains fell along south 

 Atlantic coast early in the week. 



PRECIPITATION : Heavy rains fell early in the week, in connection with a tropical 

 depression, which moved along the Carolina coast. Amounts ranged from 4 to over 

 10 inches of rain. Savannah, Georgia, received 7.04 inches in 24 hours ending 

 Tuesday morning, and over 8 inches fell at Sullivans Island, South Carolina, in 

 the same 24-hour period. The total of Pee Dee, South Carolina, for the 48- hour 

 period ending Tuesday evening was 9.11 inches. In that period, 6.11 inches fell 

 at Columbia, South Carolina. Rains were lighter as remnants of the tropical 

 depression continued northward along the coast. Scattered thunder showers dampened 

 the Texas Panhandle Monday and Tuesday. Amarillo received 1,23 inches of rain in 

 2-day period. A low, centered in the Dakotas and its associated fronts, produced 

 light showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Two day totals were generally less than 1 

 inch, but exceeded 2 inches in spots. At Henry, 15 miles southwest of Watertown, 

 South Dakota, strong winds blew down trees and large hail caused glass damage to 

 buildings during a thunderstorm Wednesday evening. Watertown, South Dakota, 

 received 1.93 inches in 24 hour period ending Thursday morning. Heavy rains in 

 spots in Arizona caused some flooding Thursday evening. The weekend brought heavy 

 storms to number of areas in the eastern half of the United States; hail as large 

 as baseballs smashed windshields and windows and killed chickens in Bagley, 

 Minnesota, Saturday. Also on Saturday, around 4 inches of rain fell at some 

 localities in western Pennsylvania, and a thunder storm near Carbondale, Illinois, 

 was accompanied by hail up to 3 inches in diameter and wind gusts reaching 80 

 m.p.h. Hail accumulated to depths of 3 feet in places. Strong winds blew down 

 trees and fences 20 miles northwest of Akron, Ohio, Saturday afternoon. No rain 

 or only widely scattered light sprinkles fell in California and much of the Great 

 Basin. Precipitation was light and scattered over the northern Rocky Mountains 

 and western portions of the northern and central Great Plains. 

 Weather of the week continued on page 620. 



