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The Mexican bean beetle has been found as far north as central Hew Hamp- 
shire and has been destructively abundant farther north in Indiana than dur- 
ing any previa vs year. 
The cabbage webw rm was causing considerable damage throughout the South 
Atlantic and Gulf States. 
Fall webworms ( Hyohantria cunea Drury and H. textor Harr. ) were re-ported 
as unusually prevalent throughout the New England, Middle Atlantic, South At- 
lantic, last Central, and Lower Mississippi Valley States. 
A very heavy infestation of forest trees by walking sticks resulting in 
severe defoliation was reported from limited areas in southern Pennsylvania. 
THE MOBS IMPORTANT ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CANADA FOR AUGUST AND SEPT3EBER, 1932 
Combative measures against grasshoppers were carried out over a wide terri- 
tory in the Prairie Provinces. A survey of the situation in Manitoba, where 
the outbreak is most severe, showed that while large areas of crops had been 
saved through the application of poisoned bait, considerable damage has been 
done in some localities, not only to grain crops, but also to fodder and market 
garden crops. Surveys by provincial and federal officers are being continued 
in the three affected provinces. Throughout British Columbia grasshoppers con- 
tinue unusually scarce. 
Wire'-orms have caused much damage in Saskatchewan, particularly in the ter- 
ritory northeast of Saskatoon, where they appear ■ to be increasing. 
The infestation of white grubs is heavier over eastern Ontario than in the 
southern and central parts of Quebec. The grubs are in the destructive second- 
year stage in the latter province and are causing heavy damage to crops. 
The bertha armyworm is recorded for the first time from the Pacific coast 
region of British Columbia, at Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands. 
Present indications are that unless control measures are taken this fall, 
there will be a serious outbreak of the Hessian fly in Ontario next year. 
The corn ear worm is effecting marked damage to canning com in sections 
of southern Ontario. 
Heavy infestations of the wheat stem sawfly are reported from parts of Mani- 
toba and Saskatchewan. In the latter province the wheat stem maggot occurs 
generally and is causing moderate damage. 
Tae gladiolus thrips continues to be a serious pest of gladioli in Ontario. 
It is reported to be more noticeable in southern Quebec than was the case last 
year. 
A European mirid, Mclanotrichus concolor Kirsch, has been taken for the 
first time in Canada, at Nanaimo , B. C. This insect attacks broom;- which is 
more or less of a pest in the region where the insect has been found. 
