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Chinch bugs are reported to be causing material damage to lawns in the 
city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. This appears to be the first record of its 
occurrence in injurious abundance in Nova Scotia. 
A particularly severe outbreak of the pea aphid occurred this season in 
pea-growing sections of southwestern Ontario. Local outbreaks were also re- 
ported in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and in the Chilliwack region of the 
Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia. 
There has been a reduction in the infestation of the common red spider 
in Saskatchewan and Alberta as compared with 1930, but material damage ha.s 
been done to a variety of plants including roses, raspberries, low shrubs, 
and herbaceous plants. 
The gladiolus thrips, Taeniothrir>s gladioli Moulton, has caused serious 
damage to gladioli in many parts of Ontario and southern Quebec. 
The painted lady butterfly and its larvae are conspicuously common in the 
Maritime Provinces and Quebec, and are extremely abundant in the Prairie 
Provinces. As the attacks of the larvae are largely confined to thistle this 
species may be classed as beneficial. 
The beet webworm is again very abundant in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, at- 
tacking weeds principally but also cs.ti.sing damage to flax. 
The lesser clover leaf weevil is widely prevalent in the Maritime Prov- 
inces, and in many localities an average of 15 per cent of the clover heads are 
infested. 
The squash bug has developed in unusually destructive numbers in sections 
of southern Ontario. 
Sn unusually large second brood of codling moth larvae is anticipated in 
the Niagara district, Ontario. The infestation of the oriental fruit moth 
is reported as very light, so far. The apple and thorn skeletonizer is cons- 
picuous in neglected apple orchards. 
Insect injury to all varieties of fruit in the Okanagan Valley, British 
Columbia, is reported as remarkably scarce. 
The fall webworm continues to increase in abundance in many parts of 
eastern Canada, and is a noticeable pest on various fruit and shade trees and 
shrub s . 
The infestation of spruce and balsam by the black-headed tip moth in Cape 
Breton Island, Nova Scotia, has been markedly reduced, and this year's feed- 
ing by the insect is unimportant. 
The European pine shoot moth is prevalent on certain species of pines in 
Welland County, Ontario, particularly around summer homes along the north 
shore of Lake Erie. 
