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The Australian tomato -eevil is gradually working its -ay inland from the 
coast counties in Mississippi and Louisiana. It no-" covers a strip of territory 
extending from Mooile County", Ala., westward along the Gulf coast to gton and 
St. Tammany Counties, La., and northward to Forrest County, Miss. 
The seed-corn maggot -as reported during the last t-o weeks of the month as 
working in the area from Louisiana to South Carolina. It is cf interest to note 
that this insect is kno*n in Uississinpi among the truckers as the "fertilizer worm." 
In previous volumes of the Survey Bulletin ?;e have noted the association of this 
insect with the use of organic fertilizers in the New England and the South Atlantic 
States. A very similar association is noted between the presence of the cabbage 
maggot and seed-corn maggot and the use of fish-meal fertilizer in California. 
Aphids -ere so numerous on spinach in the cannery sections about Sacramento, 
Calif., that the crop in some cases —as refused at the canneries. 
From observations made at the cooperative hibernation stations located thro 
out the cotton belt, it would appear that the survival of boll weevil is about nor- 
mal from Texas east-ard to Louisiana and Mississippi. In the South Atlantic States 
survival is generally higher than normal. The only lor: survival recorded is from the 
Tallulah, La., station. Field observations in the Brownsville section of Texas 
indicate that the infestation is heavy for this time of year. 
In this number of the Survey Bulletin is a general survey of the camphor- scale 
situation. 
Tlie sheep tick is reported as being more numerous than usual in "daces in New 
Hampshire and Indiana, and a report of the apparent introduction of this pest into 
a locality in Texas on sheep shipped from Ohio has also been received. 
0B2SIANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CANADA FOR APRIL, 1S25 
The grasshopper outbreak in British Columbia during 1924 was one of the worst 
in the history of the Province, injury being done in several sections r 'here outbreaks 
had not been previously reported. Widespread trouble may be expected during 1825 
if the spring is hot and dry. Every precaution has been taken to cope -ith the 
situation. The grasshopper outbreak in Manitoba which originated in 1919 has been 
reduced to negligible proportions. 
The European corn borer spread to 14 new townships in Ontario during 1924. 
A very marked increase in severity of infestation occurred in the southern counties, 
especially in Kent and Essex. The prospects for 1925 are for a continued and rapid 
increase throughout the infested area, because of the large acreage of corn land 
unploughed, and refuse unburned. 
Wireworms ranked as a major pest throughout the Prairie Provinces during 1924. 
Eggs of the European red mite are very abundant in- the Niagara district, Oat., 
on plum, apple, and peach. 
The codling moth is decidedly on the increase in eastern Quebec. In "British 
Columbia light infestations have been found in hitherto uninfested localities. 
