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The sprue i budx7orm is occurring in outbreak form in territory 
-est and north of Sudbury, Ontario. During 1927 it spread ex- 
tensively and the injury which. will result from its depredations 
this seascn trill probably be very severe. 
A very extensive outbreak of the hemlock looper is occurring 
throughout the Muskoka Lake region in central Ontario. In the 
Thousand' Islands area large numbers of trees have died and many 
thousands more are dying as a result of defoliation by this species 
during the past two years. Eggs of the looper have now hatched 
and the young caterpillars are feeding, 
A very severe outbreak of the larch savvfly is reported 
from various sections of Ontario, even young stands of larch 
being affected. 
Warble flies, Hvpoderrna bo vis DeG„ are widespread in southern 
Manitoba, affecting cattle, 'particularly young animals. 
