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CONTENTS 



Special Insects of Regional Signif icance. . . . . . o 719 



Insects Affecting 



Corn, Sorghum, Sugarcane 719 Beans and Peas 721 



Small Grains. 719 Deciduous Fruits and Nuts. 721 



Turf, Pastures, Rangeland 720 Citrus 721 



Forage Legumes 720 Small Fruits 722 



Soybeans 720 Forest and Shade Trees 722 



Cotton 720 Man and Animals 723 



Potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers 721 Stored Products 723 



Beneficial Insects 723 



Federal and State Plant Protection Programs 724 



Hawaii Insect Report 725 



Detection 725 



Light Trap Collections 726 



WEATHER OF THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 7 



Reprinted from Weekly and Crop Bulletin supplied by Environmental Data Service, 

 NOAA. 



HIGHLIGHTS : Fine autumn weather prevailed over most of the Nation. Generous 

 rains fell along the Atlantic seaboard late in the week. Only widely scattered, 

 light showers fell over the west. 



PRECIPITATION ; Light rain fell early in the week over the Washington coast. 

 Heavier showers fell from the lower Rio Grande Valley northeastward to the middle 

 Atlantic coast late Monday and Tuesday, and from Pennsylvania to New England 

 later in the week. In 24 hours ending Tuesday morning, Cotulla, Texas, received 

 6.71 inches of rain. Rain fell over the eastern half of the Nation late in the 

 week. This included light sprinkles from the Red River of the North Valley to 

 New England Thursday, light to moderate showers from the lower Rio Grande to 

 Western New York on Friday, and moderate rains in the Ohio River Valley and soil 

 soaking rains along the Atlantic seaboard Saturday and Sunday. Florida received 

 light showers on several days late in the week. 



TEMPERATURE : High pressure systems dominated the weather over most of the nation 

 last week. They brought typical autumn weather with the mild sunny afternoons 

 and the cool invigorating nights. It was especially cool from the northern Great 

 Plains to New England where afternoon temperatures by midweek were in the 40 's, 

 50 's and low 60's. The early morning temperatures dropped to the 30 's over the 

 higher Rocky Mountains and on Friday morning, minimums in the 30 's and 40 's 

 were common over the north from Washington and Oregon to the Atlantic Ocean and 

 as far south as Virginia. Beckley, West Virginia, registered 32° Friday morning. 

 The exceptions to the fine cool autumn weather included southern California where 

 desert winds pushed the temperatures to the 30 's most afternoons and sunny 

 Florida where the mercury reached the 90 's on Wednesday afternoon. Los Angeles, 

 California, registered 102° Wednesday. Santa Ana winds caused unseasonal warmth 

 over the inland portions of California over the weekend. A large high, centered 

 over the Great Basin, brought warm air northward to Montana and cool air to a 

 large area from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes and southward to Oklahoma and 

 Tennessee. On Saturday afternoon, the maximum temperatures over this large area 

 were mostly in the 60 's. Temperatures averaged below normal over most of the 

 Nation. Warmer than normal temperatures prevailed over much of the West. 



