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on sunnor— fallow, and f'rencral dario^'c xms observed in northwest and west-central 
districts; 10 percent danaso occurred fron Hedvers to Regina to- 'Saskatoon, and 
■between Parkside and Prince Al'bert, with very little in the northeast. In the 
Three Kills, Drunhcller, and Rose'bud districts of Al'bcrta, seed dmago "by wire- 
worns resulted in from ^ rto 40 percent thinning o-f wheat in certadn fields, Sor 
infestation occurred throughout the whole Peace River area of Al'berta, losses 
ranging fron 1 to 50 percent. 
Several thousands of square miles in ccntra.l Ontario, in the Peterhorough- 
Perth zone, are extremely heavily infested by third-year white gmbs. These 
grubs caused tremendous damage in 1939 »' ~ut injury in 19^0 will be largely of a. 
secondary nature. An extensive major fli^it of June beetles will occur in 19^1 
throughout this region, 
Wlieat, particuLarly winter wher.t, -in many counties -in cantern and central 
Ontario is infested by the eastern v;hcat stem sawfly ( Cophus pygmacus L,), In 
the Robleford district of Alberta, there is a severe infestation of the wheat 
stem sawfly (C, cinctus Rort,), The sawflies were emerging in numbers on Juno 
18, A heavy outbreak is espectod over la.rge areas in Alberta, 
In southern Alberta and Saskatchewan adults of Saj'^'s stinkbug had- emerged 
from hibernation and had resumed full activity by April- 30, Overwintering 
mortality v;as about 37 percent. The species increased rapidly in numbers with 
the advent, of hot wea,ther in June, 
Adults of the Colorado pota.to beetle v/ere flying at St, Jean, Quebec, dur- 
ing the second half of May, In tlie Ottaxira district the first eggs wore ob- 
served on Juno 7» Adult beetles wore seen in gardens at Saskatoon,, Saskatchewan 
on May IJ. 
The potato flea beetle and the. striped flea beetle were becoming abundant 
on host crops in the Ottawa district. by mid-June, Plea beetles were reported to 
be a serious pest in gardens in the Brandon anea of Manitoba early in June, 
The sv/eetclover wooyil ( Sitona cylindricollis P,) is prevalent throughout 
Manitoba and central and eastern Onta.rio, Prom 5 "to 10 percent of the leaf 
area, had been destroyed in infested districts of Ontanio by the early part of 
June, and dar.ia.ge v;as increasing. Crop injury in Manitoba ha.d reached economic 
proportions- in some aneas by mid-Juno, In districts vrhere abundant rainfall 
had occurred, hov/evor, the pla.nts ha.d been able to outgrow the injury vrithout 
loss. 
Tile strixoed pea weevil ( Sitona linca.ta L,) caused local severe damage in 
the Victoria district, British Columbia, It v/as first recorded in Horth America 
in this region in 1937* 
The weevil Brachyrhinus singularis L,, discovered in the '\i’‘ictoria district, 
British Colur.ibia, in 1937» ha.s become a serious pest of garden plants, of which 
it attacks a groat variety. 
