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CONTENTS 



Special Insects of Regional Significance 655 



Insects Affecting 



Corn , Sorghum , Sugarcane 656 Cucurbits 660 



Turf, Pastures, Rangeland 657 General Vegetables 660 



Forage Legumes 658 Deciduous Fruits and Nuts .. o.. .661 



Soybeans 658 Citrus 661 



Peanuts .659 Small Fruits » . . . . <, 662 



Cotton 659 Ornamentals 662 



Potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers 659 Forest and Shade Trees 662 



Beans and Peas 660 Man and Animals 662 



Cole Crops 660 



Beneficial Insects „ 663 



Federal and State Plant Protection Programs 663 



Detection 664 



Hawaii Insect Report 665 



Light Trap Collections 666 



WEATHER OF THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 6 



Reprinted from Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin supplied by Environmental Date 

 Service. NOAA . 



HIGHLIGHTS: Summer lingered in the North Central and Northeast, but the central 

 Rocky Mountains felt some early autumn chill and saw a few flakes of snow. 

 Moderate rain fell in the Pacific Northwest and nearby thundershowers occurred 

 from the Red River of the North Valley to the Deep South. 



PRECIPITATION : Light rain occurred from Washington, Oregon, and northern 

 California, across the northern border States to New England early in the week. 

 Also over the central and southern Rocky Mountains and in the south from eastern 

 Texas to the Carolinas. By midweek, showers and thundershowers had become thinly 

 scattered, but widespread over much of the eastern half of the Nation. Mostly 

 daily totals were small. However, 2.28 inches of rain fell in 6 hours Wednesday 

 afternoon at Vandalia, Illinois. Late in the week a slow moving cold front 

 stretched from the northern Great Plains sou thwestward across the central Rocky 

 Mountains. Light rain showers occurred along the front, with a few snow flurries 

 at some of the higher locations. As the front reached the Great Plains it set off 

 thunderstorms, some of which were accompained by strong winds and hail. Hobart, 

 Oklahoma, received 4.75 inches of rain in 6 hours Saturday afternoon. A depression 

 off the Louisiana coast spread showers from Texas to Florida, with some totals 

 exceeding 5 inches. A few totals in the Dakotas also exceeded 5 inches. The 

 heaviest weekly total that has come to our attention is 8.67 inches at New 

 Orleans. The driest areas were California and western and central Texas. These 

 areas received no rain or only light widely scattered showers. 



TEMPERATURE : Pleasant late summer weather prevailed over most of the Nation early 

 in the week. On Monday afternoon, temperatures reached the 70's over the northern 

 border States, the 80's and 90's in the Central and the South, and 100 or higher 

 in the southwestern deserts. Blythe, California, registered 109 Monday afternoon. 

 Southerly winds on the back side of a large high which lay over the East brought 

 a warming trend to the Great |>lains. By Thursday, much of the Dakotas and parts 

 of Nebraska had warmed to 100 or higher, 105 at Pierre, South Dakota, with 

 warmer air, came haziness and increased humidity. The Far Northwest remained cool 

 and comfortable due to storm off the northern Pacific coast. An early autumn cold 

 snap occurred in the high Rockies Frjday afternoon, when the warmest temperature 

 at West Yellowstone, Montana, was 39 . Nearby parts of Montana and Wyoming warmed 



For continuation of weather of the week and for 30-day forecast, see page 660. 



