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Pupae of the Buropeou corn "borer were foiuid at St. -lean, Q,ue"bec, 
on May 12, about 1 month eixrlier than in 19^0, By June l4 approxi- 
mately 50 percent of overwintering larvae had pupated. In the Ottawa 
district a"bout 30 percent had pupated "by June 11, At La Salle, in 
southwestern Ontario, eggs x^rere found on June l4, the orn*liest date 
for corn "borer eggs ever recorded for this Province, 
Heavy flights of moths of the "beet wo"bv/orm were reported locally 
in southern areas of Saskatchewan and Al"berta, 
Bhe usual reports of Vearious degrees of crop dojiiage "by certaun 
species of flea "beetles have "been received from Onta.rio, Manitoba, 
Alberta,, and British Oolumbia* 
She asparagus beetle has been takbn at Mission, British Columbia, 
She only previous record for this province was "Vancouver in 1934, 
She Striped cucumber beetle was reported causing widespread damage 
to cultivated host plants in southwestern Ontario, and hea.vy infestations 
were noted locaAly in Hexir Brunswick, 
Peas on "Vancouver Island are seriously infested by the striped 
pea weevil ( Sitona lineatus L,), Shis species v/as first recorded in 
Horth America at "Victoria, British Columbia, in 193^* attacks 
legumes generally. 
Heavy infestations of the cabbage maggot, resulting in severe 
damage to the cabbage crop, are reported in southv/estern Ontario, 
She carrot rust fly, xdiich during the last 5 years has become 
widespread in British Columbia, ha,s ca,used from ^ 0 ^ to 90 *^percdnt 
loss of the carrot crop in the lov/er Praser "Valley, Shis pest was 
also found to have established itself on "Vancouver Island in 1939» 
and is now causing serious losses to gardeners in the Victoria district. 
She first pupa of the codling moth in the Annapolis Valley, 
Hova Scotia, v;as found on May 12, At Simcoe, in sou.thern Ontario, 
the first moths xirere taken on May 27. By Hay 23, in the Okanagon 
Valley, British Columbia, the moths had been in evidence in orchards 
for over 2 weeks. 
She eyc-’Spotted budmoth is unusually prevalent in the Niagara 
district, and is a major pest this season in orchards in Norfolk 
County, Ontario, 
She apple sav/fly ( Hoplocampa testudinea Klug,), x\rhich xiras 
first discovered in British Columbia at Victoria, Vancouver Island, 
