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The corn silk beetle is reported from western Alabama and eastern Mississippi 
as unduly alarming cotton growers by its attack on cotton,. 
The cotton flea is reported as doing considerable damage in Georgia and re- 
corded for the first time in Mississippi. In Texas this pest isanuch less 
troublesome than it has been for several years, as also seems to be the case in 
South Carolina and Louisiana^ 
A cotton leaf vkoti outbreak now seems to be general throughout Louisiana 
and Texas, and scattered through Mississippi and Arkansas,, 
The birch leaf miner is more prevalent than usual in New England and New 
York States* 
In this number of the Bulletin is a summary of termite complaints received 
by the Bureau during the fiscal year 1^25o 
OUTSTANDING- ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CANADA FOR <JTJLX,1925 
The month of July as a whole has been particularly cool; considerable rain 
has fallen in most parts cf the Pominicn with the result that insect activities 
have been subnormal. 
Although cutworms still continue to be a source of serious loss, particularly 
in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and A!berta 9 the peak of the infestation has been 
reached and a more hopeful outlook is expected. 
Though late in emerging,, owing to the cool weather,, there is a widespread 
infestation throughout Manitoba cf dbh& western wheaWstem sawfly Cephus cinctu s 
Nor to no 
Mosquitoes have been exceptionally abundant in Manitoba, whereas in 
Saskatchewan a species of Simuliuni is reported to ha/e oeen so numerous as to 
kill poultry and many small birds, besides inflicting severe bites on many people 
in the vicinity of Indian Head, From this Province also comes the report that 
large fields of sunflowers hs©e been completely destroyed by the le££-feeding 
beetle Zygogramma exelamaticnis Fab. 
June beetles have proved a veritable pest in the Province of Quebec, 
specially in the (Eastern townships and along the border line westward to Lake 
Champlain, A very heavy flight occurred .just at the end of June and no less than 
36,000 adults were taken in four trap lanterns. Elms, maples, and ash appeared 
to suffer the most. la many cases the trees were stripped,. 
The currant sawfly, Pteronidea rib esii Scop* , and the striped cucumber 
beetle, Diabrotica. vittata Fab », have both been very troublesome in different 
parts of New Brunswick,, 
The maple leaf cutter, Paraelemensia acerifoliella Fitch, so severe last 
Jyear especially in the western parts of Quebec Province, has again appeared in 
large numbers. However, the infestation is not considered as being very severe 
at present, although reports show Covey Hill to be the centre of a bad attack 
just now. 
