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Tile ;x)tato tulier v/orn is very abundant arid doin:'^ consideralile danage to 
potatoes on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.. It vrao also reported from parts 
of Louisiana.. 
Tile cahha.ge looper occurred in outhrcaJc nuahors in ea.stern Virginia and 
in damaging nunhers in parts of Texas and Oklaiiona. 
The svreetpotato vreevil v/as reported fron Hutchinson County, Kans,, this 
being the first record for tlia.t State. 
Indications are that largo populrtions of loll weevils will ao into 
hibernation over -'.ost of the Cotton Lelt* 
The cotton leaf worn durina the second v;cok in the nontli appeared in Hew 
En-oland and durina the third v.^eek in the nonth throughout the East Central 
Sta.tes and in ITebraska, 
Fines have been severely -infested by the European pine shoot noth in 
arca.s in Connecticut, Hew York, Hevr Jersey, and Massachusetts. 
The boxeldor bug v.^as unusua.lly nunerous throughout the Middle Atlantic, 
East Central, anr’ L'est Centra.l States, being particularly troublesome beca.use 
of enterina houses. 
The screvarorn was reported as unusually abuivbant in marts of Indiana, 
Illinois, Mississippi, and Arizona, and first recorded in Montana.. 
^^THE KOEE'IMPCHTAITT IITSEOT HECOZDS liT' CAHABA 
FOR ATJGUST-SEF-TEl-'BER 
G-rasshopuer surveys in Au'ust revealed li'dit to moderate infestations 
over the greater part of the agricultural area, in Manitoba, In general, 
damane was very liglit, altliough some late crojis in the Red River Valle;'’ and 
Carmen areas suffered severely. The clear— ■'''ingod 'rasshopper v'as found to 
have extended its r:nge into northern areas of' the Province, In southern 
sections the lesser '"\igratory and two-striped grasshoppers vjero prcdoriinant. 
In Sa.ska.tchewan , v'here the dominant species is the lesser migratory grass- 
ho”per, there was a hiah survival and marked increase of grasshoppers this 
season over much of the Province, but particularly in the v/est and v'est-centrad. 
regions. Considerable dLama/’e to later fOrain crops occurred, and flax suffered 
heavily in some areas. In Alberta., the lesser mi'na.tory grasshopper, although 
groatl;.'’ reduced, as co’mpancd vrith 1940, V'as present in snail nu''.bers over pran— 
ticalH'' the v.rhole cultivated a.rea of the southern part of the Province, Heavy 
danage a.long the margins of v/heatfields occurred in a number of localities, 
and head droppin.g reduced the yield 1 or 2 bushels per acre in some areas. 
Increased abundance of the field cricket was reported in Manitoba and 
Saskatchewan • 
The v/hcat ste;’i sa.vrfly occurred generally in the Prairie Provinces, In 
Manitoba, some li ht to modera.te infestations occurred, 'nt vrere held in 
