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The caragana "beetle, or Hut tali's blister "beetle, has severely damaged cara- 
gana hedges, beans, and peas in sections of the Prairie Provinces. 
Severe losses of onion crops due to the onion maggot are reported in south- 
ern areas of Saskatchewan and Alberta. 
The rose chafer is in outbreak form in parts of southern Ontario. 
The striped cucumber beetle is destructively abundant on cucurbits through- 
out southern sections of eastern Canada. 
In the fruit-growing areas of the Dominion, reports in general would indi- 
cate that the more important insect pests of fruit are at a low ebb. 
Certain species of aphids are markedly abundant in the Prairie Provinces. 
A European species of sawfly, Diprion polytomum Hartig, is infesting white 
and black spruce, particularly the former, throughout a large part of the 
Gaspe peninsula, Que. This species, which is a defoliating insect, was dis- 
covered in the Gas-oe in November, 1930, but there is no evidence as to when and 
where it first became established there. The eastern spruce bark beetle is 
also attacking the trees in the affected area and has caused the death of 
large numbers. 
The European pine shoot moth is an increasingly abundant and destructive 
pest in pine plantations along the north shore of Lake Erie, in southern On- 
tario, and occurs in light to moderate infestations throughout the Niagara 
peninsula. Eradication and control efforts are being continued. 
