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Mexican iDean, "beetle was "bcconiiii^ abundant in Uev; England and New York dur- 
ing the second v/eek in the nonth. 
The "bean leaf "beetle was ahnornally a-hundont from Maryland to Indiana, and 
sou.thwp.rd to the Gulf. 
Many reports of the damage "by ca"bbag,e aphid on areas in the East Central 
States that v;crc planted with southern plants. 
The boll v/cevil v;as belov/ normal in abundance throiighout the Cotton Belt 
except in eastern Texas, 
Towand the lant of the nonth the cotton jflea hopper started to increase in 
numbers from Mississippi to Texas, 
Early in the nonth cotton leaf a,pliids were reported as very numerous throug] 
out the Cotton Beit, except in Texas, 
' Eull-gro\m larvae of the cotton lea.f worn were found on June 22 in Cilchrisi 
County, Ela, 
Cankerwoms v;ere generally prevalent, often completely defolia,ting trees, 
from Pennsylvania westward throug the East Central Stales to North Balcota, Soutl 
Dakota, and Nobra.ska, 
The Europoam pine shoot moth \iras reported as seriously dama.ging pines in 
Connecticut, Now York, and Michigan, 
THE MOPS IMPOPTAMT ENTOMOLOGICAL' ESATUPES IN 
CANADA POP KiAY AND JUNE 1940 
Hatching of grasshopper nymphs v/a,s becoming general by the end of May in 
many area.s in the southern part of the Prairie Provinces, The infestalion was 
reported particularly severe in soutba/estern Saskat chevron and southeastern 
Alberta, In the loiter area grasshoppers an numerous as 600 per square foot 
ha.d destroyed most of the stubble crops by mid.-June, in spite of an intensive 
poisoning campaign, Dama.ge Xiras continuing at the end of June, In western 
Manitoba^ cool weather and good growing conditions had retanded crop injury 
throughout the nonth, but poisoned-bait mixing stalions were in operation at 
vanious points and it was feared that considerable damage nay occ\ir later, if 
the weather turns hot and dry, 
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As during the last 2 years, cutworms continued to bo scarce in the Ottawa 
Valley, In the West local damage in gardens was caused by the red-backed cut- 
worm and its allies al Brandon, Manitoba, and Sa.skatoon, Saskatchewan, This 
species caused some losses to sugan beets in irrigated areas of Alberta, The 
pale western cutworm ca.used severe dama.ge in some fields at Bow Island, Alberta, 
Wirev;orns caused some damage in southern and southwestern Manitoba, and 
thinned crops generally throughout much of Saslcatchowan and Alberta, In south- 
central Saskatchewan surveys showed from 8 to 4o percent damage to wheat seeded 
