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The striped cucumber beetle is unusually numerous and destructive in. the 
Annapolis valley, Nova Scotia, the St. John valley, Hew Brunswick, and in sec- 
tions of southern Quebec and Ontario. 
The cabbage maggot appears to be in outbreak form throughout southwestern 
Ontario and has done much damage to cruciferous crops. It is on the increase 
in the Lethbridge district, Alberta. 
Evidence of a marked reduction in the European red mite infestation in 
the orchards of the Annapolis valley, Nova Scotia, is reported. 
Throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta the spidermiiro Parat et ranv- 
chus uni unguis Jac. is attacking planted spruce and, in the Hiding and Duck 
Mountains, is seriously infesting native white .spruce. The pest is increasing 
in importance each year, its development being particularly favored by the pre- 
vailing dry weather. 
A moderate outbreak of the spruce" budrorm has been noted in the Porcupine 
district, Ontario, and an extensive outbreak of the eastern spruce bark beetle 
has been reported on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, in the 
Manicouagan River region. 
The aphid species Dre.yfusia piceae Ratz. is infesting much of the balsam 
in the southern part of New Brunswick, especially near the Atlantic coast, be- 
tween St. John and St. Steuhon. 
