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. The bertha armyworm, Barathra conf igurata Walk., is infesting a 
variety of field and garden crops and weeds in southeastern British Colum- 
bia. There was a general infestation of this species over the interior 
of British Columbia last year. 
Scattered outbreaks of the red-backed cutworm, Suxoa ochrogaster 
Guen,..have been recorded from southern sections of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 
and Alberta. An unusual absence of cutworm injury this spring is recorded 
from the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. In New Brunswick the greasy 
cutworm. Agrotis vpsilo n Rott., attacked potatoes, sunflowers, turnips, 
and corn, on farms in New Brunswick, along the St. John River, in York 
and Sunbury Counties, early in July. 
The Colorado potato beetle is reported as more abundant than 
usual in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, and in the Ottawa district, 
Ontario. In Manitoba it is said to be scarcer than usual and has been re- 
ported in destructive numbers only in a few places. 
In southwestern Alberta and southeastern 3ritish Columbia, the 
onion maggot, Hylemyla antjqua Meig,,and the cabbage maggot, H. brassicae 
Bouche, are reported as much less abundant and destructive than in 1928. 
The onion magfot is also reported as less abundant than in previous 
years in the Ottawa district, Ontario. 
Up to mid-July there had been much less damage by insects in 
Nova Scotia orchards than for a considerable number of years. 
A severe infestation of the European apple sucker, Fsvlii£ na li 
Schmid., has been found a few miles eact and a few miles west of Annapolis, 
Nova Scotia. _ This record indicates the most westerly point 
where appreciable numbers rre found. 
The apple curculio, Tachypterellus ouadrigibbus Say, has caused 
severe damage to pears in certain orchards in the Salmon Arm district, 
British Columbia. This insect had not, previously been recorded as a fruit 
pest in this section. The apple curculio also has been particularly nu- 
merous this year in orchards in the province of Quebec. 
The plum curculio has caused more injury in Quebec apple orchards 
than in the previous several years. 
Considerable numbers of first-generation larvae of the apple and 
thorn skeletonizer have been noticed in the Annapolis district Nova 
Jjcotia, and an outbreak is anticipated when the second generation appears. 
Another heavy infestation of the hemlock looper is indicated in 
the Trinity Bay district on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, Quebec, 
during this season. A large area of balsam heavily defoliated last year 
is expected to die in the Manikuagan River area. The outbreak of this 
species is in its second year at Indian River and Burrard Inlet, British 
Columbia, and probably much of the hemlock will be killed. In addition 
