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The European apple sucker has been taken in Yarmouth County, ITova 
Scotia, -.vest- of the previously known limits of its distribution. 
Budnoths are reported as quite appreciably less numerous in the 
Annapolis Valley, l*ova Scotia, than :n IS 30. 
Iha larch case bearer is epidemic or. larch throughout a large part 
of eastern Canada. *njur3' to spruco foliage by the white- narked 
tussock r.oth is reported fron Nova Scotia,. The fall car_kerworm is severe 
on shade trees locally in southern Manitoba, and all elm. and basswood 
trees in southern H"ev7 Brunswick are report ca. to be slightly infested by 
this species. 
Mosquitoes have been exceptionally scarce in the Ottawa district, due 
largely to the absence of river floods and to past and present weather 
conditions. Reports indicate that these insects are belov: average in 
abundance, in certain sections of Ontario and southern Quebec. The mos- 
quito infestation in the Dry Belt area of British Columbia is reported as 
very si ight . 
