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The Colorado potato beetle has been relatively unimportant in northern 
Saskatchewan this season. 
Potato leafhoppers have been generally abundant and injurious to potatoes 
in southwestern Ontario. 
The oat thrips, Anaphothrips obscurus Miller, caused twenty-five per cent 
loss in some fields of oats at Richmond, Prince Pdward Island, in mid-August. 
The larch sawfly, lygaeonc- matus erichsoni Hart. , is causing severe injury 
to larches throughout New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, apparently all the 
larches being affected. 
The maple leaf cutter, Paraclsnensia ac^rifolieila Pitch, has caused severe 
injury to maples in southeastern Cuebec. 
GM5RAL PSSDSBS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
Maryland P. D. Sanders (August 5): At Clearspring 40 acres of alfalfa and 
80 acres of young apple trees were heavily inf asted by Mglan pplus 
feamr- ru brum DeO. Apple trees were being completely defoliated 
and spots in the alfalfa field had been eaten down to main stems. 
Georgia Oliver I. Snapp (July 14):- In several fields at Port Valley grass- 
hoppers have considerably damaged field corn. They are mere abund- 
ant this year than usual. 
Ohio T. H. Parks (August 19): Wet weather has held the grasshoppers in 
the meadows and stubble fields so that very little damage has been 
done to com. Young clover and pastures have been damaged. The 
grasshoppers are now very abundant in alfalfa in many counties. 
Parmers have ueed the poisoned-bran mash with fine success. Com, 
clover, bluegrass, and truck crops have been protected with it. 
The insects are most 'numerous in the southeastern part of the State. 
H. A. Gossard (August 34): Grasshoppers in injurious numbers have 
been recently reported from Howard, Xenia, Salesville, Lewisburg, 
Kent, and Akron. A field of alfalfa at Salesville was reported 
as almost ruined and fear was expressed for the safety of all crops 
on the farm. A peach orchard at Howard and a young apple orchard 
at Xenia were also threatened with destruction by grasshoppers. 
Indiana C. R. Cleveland (August 21): Eeports from various parts of the 
State continue to indicate that here and there grasshoppers are 
troublesome. The county agent at Kokomo last week reported a' 
serious infestation cf grasshoppers on clover and in an adjoining 
field of corn and requested a demonstration of control. 
