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In general, "bo llworm infestation is subnormal throughout the Cotton 
Bolt, with a few localities reporting damage. 
Leaf worm damage has "been checked in the lower Mississippi Valley 
by hot, dry weather, a few localities reporting damage. 
The pink bollworm has "boon found in the lower Rio Grande Valley, at San 
Benito, Brownsville, and Rio Grande City.' This is the nost serious cotton 
insect of the month. 
The alder flea "beetle was unusually prevalent throughout the northern 
New England States and northern New York. A severe outbreak of this insect 
occurred also in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho. A "blowfly, Paralu- 
cilia fulvipes Macq. , formerly only known from the coastal part of California, 
was collected in several localities in Arizona. Although this species is 
primarily a carcass "breeder, there is some evidence that it may cause myiasis 
in animals. 
THE MORE IMPORTANT FEATURES IN CANADA 
IN JULY AND AUGUST 193 6 
Severe drought and high temperatures in the Prairie Provinces have 
aggravated the grasshopper situation. In Manitoba the grasshoppers are 
doing considerable damage to late crops in southwestern sections and in the 
Haskett district, but are comparatively scarce in the central part. Egg 
laying commenced early in August. In Saskatchewan the infestation of adults 
is generally heavier than that of last autumn. Egg laying was general in 
the northwest at the end of July and was beginning in southern districts. 
Concentration of the grasshoppers for egg laying resulted in some head 
damage to grain crops. Effective baiting was carried out throughout tho 
entire west-central portion of the province, where the infestation was most 
severe. In Alberta grasshoppers are widespread and injurious. They have 
migrated to good crop areas and are causing some losses to wheat, but are 
particularly serious on coarse grains. A heavy increase and partial 
outbreak over most of the Dry Belt in the interior of British Columbia is 
reported and the outlook for 1937 is considered serious . 
Blister beetles, of which Nut tail's blister beetle is a prevalent 
species, are abundant in areas of grasshopper outbreak, in the Prairie 
Provinces and the interior of 3ritish Columbia, causing damago to shrubs 
and garden plants. 
The moth flight of the pale western cutworm had started in southern 
Alberta in mid-August and the abundance of the moths indicates a severe 
infestation in 1937* 
Infestations of the wheat stem sawfly are severe generally in Saskat- 
chewan and damage is increased by premature ripening ond thin crops. In 
Alberta the v.heat is being cut by the sawfly in all districts south of 
Stettler, and especially in areas of good crop. 
