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Wireworms are causing noticeable injury in the Prairie Provinces. 
Extensive injury to corn, peas, potatoes, and small grains by the yellow- 
necked cutworm, Septis ( Hadena ) arctica Bdv. , has been experienced in southwestern 
Ontario on the lighter types of soil. 
In the infested area of southern Saskatchewan the northwest chinch bug, 
Blissus occiduus Barber, is appearing only in small numbers, even where it was enor- 
mously abundant last year. No damage has occurred and none is errpected during the 
1924 season. 
The cottonwood leaf-beetle, Lina scrinta Fab., is again abundant over the 
greater part of southern Alberta. 
The rose-chafer was present in immense numbers in some of the sandy sections 
of southwestern Ontario. 
•The rhododendron lace-bug, Stephanitis rhododendr i Horv. , has been found in 
the Victoria district, B. C. , where it is probably well distributed- This is 
thought to be the first record of its occurrence in Canada. 
The rose leaf-hoppe"r has been a severe pest to rose bushes this summer all 
over the western part of Nova Scotia. 
On the Quetico Forest Reserve, Ontario, an area of 130 square miles of red, 
white, and jack pine, burned over in 1925, is heavily infested by the black sawyer 
beetle, lionochamus s cute Hat u s (Say), and to a much lesser extent by the pine sawyer, 
j.'onochamus no tat us (Drury). A large section of virgin pines burned over in the 
Kippewa Lake region, P. Q,. , in 1923 has also been heavily attacked by sawyer beetles 
with consequent serious depreciation. 
CEREAL A II D FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
MISCELLANEOUS FEEDERS 
CUTWOBMS (Noctuidae) 
Maine E. M. Patch (June 27): Larvae of A Trot is ypsilon Rott. are migrat- 
ing from a grain field to an adjoining potato field at Kapleton. 
Report states: "Every plant that has barely pierced the ground is 
surrounded by 3 to 10 worms. They ate leaves and they are now cut- 
ting sprouts just beneath the surface." (July 3): County agent 
writes "IOC acres of oats are being destroyed by cutworms. . . Tie 
have used poisoned clover in potato fields where the cutworms are 
working, with very good results." Crows were working night and 
morning in grain fields, filling up on cutworms, in Maple ton near 
Fresque Isle in the locality I visited. 
New Hampshire P. R. Lowry (June 20 ): Cutworms have been very common and injurious 
over the southern half of the State. Species undetermined. B ibio 
albinennis Say emerged in 'unusual numbers during the first two weeks 
of June, thousands covering the vegetation in gardens. We had many 
requests for control measures for this fly, as they were blamed for 
the cutworm injury. 
