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$12,000,000 in that province. The number of hibernating larvae present in 
stubble I?- 4 : fall was far greater than ev^r before, and very severe damage may 
be expected during 1527 unless prevented by unfavorable weather conditions. 
The westward spread of this insect has involved more than one-third of the 
wheat-growing areas of Alberta, and the remainder is seriously threatened. 
Probable outbreaks of the western army cutworm are indicated in south- 
western Saskatchewan and certain sections of southern Alberta during 19 2 7 • 
The red-backed cutworm is decidedl;/ on the decrease in Saskatchewan, and im- 
portant damage, outride of gardens, ana the possible exception of the extrei 
southeast of the province, is not expected during 1527. 
The Colorado potato beetle infestation in British Columbia, which is 
limited to the southeastern corner of the province, occurs in tco areas: One 
in the Creator district, and the other extending from Cranbrook to Fernie and 
the Crow's Nest down to the international border. 
The San Jose scale is very scarce in the Fiagara district, Ontario, owing 
to parasites and unfavorable weather conditions during the past two years. 
A survey of the currant bud mite, Eriop hyes ribis Tal . , in the Victoria, 
Duncan, and Cowichan districts of British Coin bia, has revealed that this pest 
has spread very little during the past few years, only eight infested locali- 
ties having been found. 
The peer leaf blister mite has become fairly abundant in the Georgian 
Bay district of Ontario. 
Anew apple pest, the gray-banded 1 eaf -roller , B-qlia mar i ana Bern. , has 
appeared in the Annapolis valley, Nova Scotia, during rec. 1 srs. At the 
present time the pest is centered around Eerwick and Lakeville, but it is also 
scattered over many other sections of the valley. It is on the increase, but 
is not likely to become a serious peso in clean cultivated orchards. 
The eye-spotted bud moth, S mlonota ocellana D. & S. , was again the most 
serious orcrxard pest in Nova Scotia during 1526- and threatens to be just as 
serious, if not worse, in 1927« 
The willow leaf beetle, which infested vrillow throughout the greater por- 
tion of south and central Manitoba during 1925 will in all probability reappear 
during 1927 and extend its activities considerably to the westward. 
The bronze birch borer is causing considerable injury to ornamental white 
birch in practically all the towns and cities of Few Brunswick. 
The sa in moth has increased its range in British Columbia, severe out- 
breaks being noted all over the I'raser River Valley from Vancouver to Chilli- 
wack, a distance of 7C miles. 
Caterpillars of Pimi pertis z immermani G-rt. were received in pine twigs 
from Lake Annis, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, in October, l c -$, constituting 
the first record of this insect in the province. 
