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from these insects was reported from the Kamloops district. Some track and 
garden crops in southern Quebec were seriously attacked "by cutworms, and local 
damage by several species occurred in some sections of Ontario. 
Extensive damage to grain "by wireworms .was reported in Alberta and in the 
As siniboia- Swift Current area of Saskatchewan. Local damage by wireworms was 
noted in eastern Ontario. 
Injury by white grubs is already heavy in eastern Ontario where beetle 
flights occurred in 1932. The damage will reach its maximum this year in the 
autumn. White-grub infestations were reported from southern Quebec and south- 
ern New Brunswick. 
Flea beetles have again proved troublesome on truck crops in parts of 
British Columbia, and on garden truck and sugar beets locally in southern 
Alberta and Saskatchewan. Local damage by flea beetles was also noted from 
Ontario and southern Quebec. 
The cabbage maggot has caused some damage in the Okanagan valley, British 
Columbia, and root. maggots are generally abundant on irrigated truck farms in 
the Lethbridge area, Alberta. 
Insect pests of the apple are generally less in evidence than usual in the 
Annapolis valley, Nova Scotia. 
An unusually severe outbreak of grape leafhoppers is expected in the 
Niagara district, Ontario, unless control measures are adopted. In this section, 
too, there is an outbreak of the black cherry aphid which is proving unusually 
troublesome on sweet cherry. 
Observations at certain points in the Niagara district, Ontario, indicate 
that the population of overwintering adults of the oriental fruit moth was small 
compared with 1932. The spring brood was considerably smaller than that of 
last year and twig injury was reduced. It is too early to estimate accurately 
the final size of the generation. 
Outbreaks of leaf-eating caterpillars in certain parts of Ontario: . and in 
the eastern townships of Quebec, were given much newspaper publicity in early 
June. Tent caterpillars and canker worms apparently were the chief species 
concerned. A heavy infestation of cankerworms also extended along the Red River 
valley, Manitoba. A decided increase of tent caterpillars was evident through- 
out eastern Canada this season. 
A general infestation of the willow leaf beetle developed in Saskatchewan 
and Manitoba, on poplars and willows, and a. heavy larval infestation is likely 
to follow. Larch foliage was again severely attacked in Eastern Canada by the 
larch case bearer. 
In many parts of the Dominion mosquitoes and blackflies are proving more 
numerous and troublesome than during recent years. Severe infestations of 
mosquitoes have been reported in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia; 
an unusual abundance of blackflies have been noted in parts of Ontario, partic- 
ularly in forested sections. 
Recent reports indicate that among stored-product pests, spider beetles, 
Ptinus spp., are prevalent in many parts of the Dominion. 
