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Th e "beetle Hylastirins o scurus Marsh, was taken early this spring in 
roots of red clever in The"~Grindrod district, British Columbia, where it ~s 
causing severe damage to clover. 
Spittle insects have been reported in unusual abundance on grasses and 
garden plants, over a considerable territory in southern Ontario. 
An arthropod, Scutigerella immaculata . belonging to the class Symphyla, 
has been causing serious damage to young mangels in the Victoria district, 1 
British Columbia, where it is becoming a pest of increasing importance, 
A species of cedar tip borer is generally infesting white cedars through- 
out New Brunswick. The heaviest infestations were noted in Zin -s County, 
where cedars over a considerable area have been largely defoliated. 
Large areas of 
east of Mara, Iritis 
Dryocoetcs confusus Sw. 
balsam are reported dead or dying on Hunters Range, north- 
h Columbia, as a result of the attacks of a bark beetle, 
The early aspen leaf curler, Exenter a o re^ona na '.Tlshm. , has severely in- 
fested the foliage of poplars, in south-central Saskatchewan, many trees hav- 
ing 50 per cent of their leaves curled. 
The elm bark louse is reported for the first time in outbreak form at For- 
ell River, British Columbia. 
