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The larch sawfly, Lyag-eoiL ematt tS ej.T-q^s^ra Eartig, is more or less generally- 
infesting the forests ever the whole southeastern corner of Nova Scotia, and it is 
reported on the increase in I Manitoba. 
A rather serious infestation of the gipsy moth, Port hetria dispar L. , was 
discovered on the Belle Valley road, some 3 cr 4 miles southwest of Lacolle Village 
in St. John's county, Quebec, on September 3. This outbreak, which covers an area 
of at least 600 square yards, is principally confined to apple and shade trees. In 
addition twelve infertile eggs, the remnants of an egg-mass, were found near the 
village of Beebe, in Stanstead county, Quebec, on July 23. This latter infesta- 
tion constitutes the first record of the gipsy moth in Canada. 
The European corn borer, Pyra usta mibilalis Hbn. , has increased in intensity 
throughout its entire range (Ontario) to a most alarming degree. This increase is 
most striking in the western and lake-shore counties of Elgin, Kent, and Essex. 
In the lake-shore townships of Essex and Kent the average field infestation over a 
distance of 30 miles has increased from less than 1 per cent to 95 per cent. Else- 
where the increase has not been as marked. The northern, central, and eastern 
counties, though more severely infested than in 1923, have not attained a tenth of 
the increase found in the western lake-shore area. 
GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY 
LPAGONEIIES (Odonata) 
Mississippi K. L. Cockerham (August £5): Luring the last few days there has 
occurred the largest flight of dragonflies in this section (Biloxi) 
which I have ever witnessed anywhere. All along the beach front 
literally hundreds of specimens would be in the air, heading and 
hanging into the face of the breeze. On one late afternoon I 
noticed a. great many resting on the telephone and light wires 
arouid a residence; as many as one per foot would be about the 
average around this place where there was perhaps two hundred 
feet of this wiring. This unusual flight was during the most 
unusual period of heat experienced in this section in many years. 
CEHEAL ANL FOB AGE-CROP INSECTS 
BEMERAL PEEPERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (September 22): Grasshoppers have increased noticeably 
this season. Reports of injury to field crops in the southwestern 
part of the State. Most inquiries have ccme from residents of 
cities in central and northern Indiana who report considerable 
damage to shrubbery and most all flower and vegetable garden crops. 
