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The outbreak of sod webworms (Cjrambus sp-o.), ^hich caused material damage 
to lawns and grass sod in southwestern Ontario in 1931, appears to have complete- 
ly subsided, no infestations having "been found this season. 
The Mexican bean "beetle is occurring in many localities in southern Ontario. 
It is more prevalent than previously recorded, and in some instances has caused 
quite severe damage in market gardens. Weather conditions have been favorable 
to its development this year. 
Indications point to a more than usually heavy infestation of the imported 
..cabbage worm in Ontario with resulting severe damage to cruciferous crops. 
A marked reduction in the amount of codling moth injury in the Niagara dis- 
trict, Ont., is believed -orobable, as weather conditions have been unfavorable 
to the insect. In uns-orayed orchards of eastern Ontario, however, damage to 
fruit by this snecies is quite striking. 
In the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec only a small percentage of the' larvae of 
the European sawfly Pi -prion polytomum Hart. , which overwintered in cocoons in 
the ground, emerged this year. Defoliation of white and black spruce is much 
lighter this season than in 1931. A serious outbreak of the eastern spruce 
beetle has developed over a large r>art of this territory. 
The balsam woolly aphid is spreading in the Maritime Provinces, and the 
associated gout disease has become. .genpral in Nova Scotia. 
The infestation of the beech scale continues to develop in Nova Scotia 
and southern New Brunswick and many' trees are dying, particularly in western 
Nova Scotia. 
The walnut caterpillar is very prevalent in southern Ontario, where the 
majority of black walnut trees have been partially or wholly defoliated by 
this insect. 
In certain localities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, willows and poplars ■■ 
have suffered severe defoliation by the willow leaf beetle. In sandy sections 
of Manitoba an outbreak of the aspen poplar leaf beetle has occurred. 
There are indications that the severe outbreak of bark beetles in yellow 
pine in the Aspen Grove area of British Columbia is now subsiding. 
