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The spruce budworm is defoliating large areas of balsam fir and several 
species of pine in Wisconsin and parts of North Dakota. This insect was dis- 
covered for the first tine in Cody Canyon,' Wye'. , in 1926, and since that tine 
it has spread over a tremendous acreage and has destroyed large areas of Doug- 
las fir. 
About 43,000 acres of poplar has "been defoliated in Maine "by the poplar 
loaf roller, Cacoecia conflictana J'alk. 
SJye gnats have "been very annoying along the South Atlantic osaboard from 
Maryland to Georgia and' around the Gulf to Mississippi. 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEiYTUBES IN CANADA FOR JULY, 1931 
The severe outbreak of the pale western cutworm in Saskatchewan and east- 
ern Alberta drew to a close late in June. In addition to this species, the 
red-backed cutworm occurred in injurious numbers over a wide area in Saskatche- 
wan, particularly in park sections. It was widespread in Manitoba, notably in 
central and northern areas, and reports of its prevalence in Alberta were also 
received. Cutworm injury has been severe in many parts of British Columbia and 
damage by cutworms also has been reported from various sections of eastern 
Canada, although, except in southwestern Ontario, their attacks apparently were 
not particularly severe. 
Moths of the army cutworm have been unsually abundant in the three Prairie 
Provinces, where they proved an annoying pest in and about houses. 
In British Columbia, the Nicola and Okanagan valleys are largely free 
from grasshopper trouble, but a severe outbrcaV of the lesser migratory grass- 
hopper in a section of the Fraser valley resulted in considerable loss to clo- 
ver grown for seed. Damage due to grasshoppers, chiefly the clear-winged and 
lesser migratory grasshoppers, in Saskatchewan is widespread, particularly in 
south-central sections. Prevalent but localised outbreaks of the former spe- 
cies are occurring over a wide territory in Manitoba, notably in the southeast- 
ern part of the province. Grasshoppers continue on the upward trend in sec- 
tions of Ontario and southern Quebec. 
Important crop damage by wireworms of several species is occurring over a 
large area of Saskatchewan, and in east-central Alberta and southwestern On- 
tario. 
Further reports from southern Quebec, southern Ontario, and southern Mani- 
toba indicate that the Colorado potato beetle is definitely more abundant than 
usual in the above territories. 
Heavy infestations of potato flea beetles are noted in the St. John River 
valley, New Brunswick, in southern Quebec, and in Ontario. Flea beetles are 
proving injurious to cruciferous crops in the Okanagan valley, British Columbia, 
and to sugar beets in Alberta. 
