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A very unusual type of injury was observed in September in the Norfolk 
section of Virginia. A small black burrower bug ( Prn-qaeiis uhleri Sign. ) 
was attacking new sprouted spinach, killing the young plants before they 
pushed through the soil. They were so numerous in one field that 43 
acres had to be resown. 
Thousands of acres of Douglas fir have been killed in the Colville 
National Forest in Washington State by the Douglas fir tussock moth. 
The serious outbreaks of this insect in central Idaho now seem to be 
controlled by parasites* 
The mountain pine beetle is causing serious damage on both the 
east and west side of the Cascade Range in Washington State. 
What is believed to be one of the largest outbreaks of the southern 
pine beetle is reported from the Smoky Mountain National Park in North 
Carolina and Tennessee. 
The squash bug is reported from Payette and Gem Counties, Idaho. 
The fifth case of infestation of cedar trees by the larvae of the 
moth Tortrix cockerellana Eearf. that has come to the attention of the 
entomologists of Nebraska was reported this, year from Frontier County. 
The insect has been known to occur in the State for the past four years. 
The fowl tick ha.s been discovered in Brookhaven, Miss. The source 
of this -infestation is not known. 
The finding of CI e onus oi^er Scop. , -in Yates County, N. Y. , again 
this year seems to indicate that this European pest is established in 
that State. In Europe the pest is known as a sugar-beet insect. 
