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The boxelder aphid is seriously damaging boxelder in South Dakota 
and Nebraska. This seems to be a year of severe aphid outbreaks in 
the East Central and West Central States. 
Very serious damage to oak by the fruit tree leaf roller is re- 
ported from Wisconsin. The trees in cc•a:> , large stands are 70 par c^nt 
defoliated. 
Somewhat serious infestations of the European pine shoot moth are 
reported from western Massachusetts ard Connecticut and eastern New 
York. This insect is recorded for the first time from Michigan. 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATU3ES IN CANADA FOE JUNE, 1930 
Severe infestations of cutworms are noted from various sections of 
the Dominion, particularly in the west. In southeastern Saskatchewan 
an especially severe outbreak of the red-backed cutworm has resulted in 
much damage to field and garden crops. This insect is also a serious 
pest in sections of southern Manitoba, and reports from Alberta indicate 
that it has caused heavy damage in areas south of Calgary. North of 
this point there has been a reduction in numbers as compared with 1929. 
There is also a widespread outbreak of the pale western cutworm in 
Saskatchewan. In a considerable area occurring from Indian Head north 
to Balcarres and Abernethy, this cutworm destroyed the wheat crop to 
the extent of 50 per cent. Scattered reports of cutworm damage also 
have been received from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and the 
Maritime Provinces. 
Outbreaks of wireworms, with resultant severe damage to grain crops, 
in scattered areas, are notod from many localities in the Prairie Provinces, 
The principal species involved is L udiu s aereipennis Kby, Wireworms are 
also attracting attention in sections of southern Ontario, their attacks 
being largely confined to ccrn and tobacco. 
No grasshopper outbreaks of economic significance have yet been 
reported from any part of the Dominion. 
Plea beetles of several species are again prevalent in many parts 
of the Dominion, reports of their depredations having been received from 
certain localities in almost every province. 
The false chinch bug, Nysius erica e Schill., appeared in the 
Welling district south of Lethbridge, Alberta, attacking spring wheat. 
The last outbreak of this insect occurred over southern Alberta in 1923. 
It causes no seirious injury to its host plant, but by destroying the pri- 
mary leaves, alarms the farmers. 
The onion maggot is an unusually severe pest this season in the 
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia* 
