This year marks one of the unusual advances of the cotton leaf rorm 
: into the Northern States. Late. in» May truer r-ii eld workers in *harton Sour.ty, ' 
-Tex,, found, pupae. and..r.e.cently.. emerged adults.. qui.t.e. _ numerous. These continued 
to. multiply throughout June in south-central Texas. Heavy flight took place 
from this center in early July, and by the 6th of July larvae were appearing 
in northern Mississippi ^Louisiana, and Arkansas. From this new center a brood 
appeared about September T. -This brood sYje pi; northward, being recorded in 
Michigan on September 5, in NewYovk on the 1 7th,. and in -Massachusetts on- the 
12-th. The • moth continued to drift '.into the, upper Mi-ssi ssip"oi Val ley and East em 
States in increasing numbers throurh^ut. the month*. By the middle of the month 
larvae of this last brocd were -stripping..; the , or ivton fields in- Georgia and 
South Carolina, In the Ohio River Valley .. in Indiana:, and Illinois the mothe 
did considerable damage to peaches, grapes, apples, and tomatoes* The insects 
were so numerous in parts Of Mississippi -that at one point, where their march 
was impeded by a road the stench .of their decaying' bodies attracted turkey 
'buzzards arid in certain cities and towns: in Pennsylvania the enormous numbers 
ofi$he moths in streets caused' considerable alarm among the residents. 
Again-.the birch leaf miner' 'is" browning the birches in southern New York 
and Coivnecti cut, 
OUTSTANDING- ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CaNaDa FOR SEPTEMBER,-' 1926 
Serious, grasshopper outbreaks have occurred .this summer in the. Peace 
River and Chilcotin districts, British Columbia. 
The Colorado potato beetle has given less trouble, than usual in New ' 
Brunswick. In southern Ontario injury is reported a's largely confined to late 
potatoes., In Manitoba .the beetle, has caused little injury this season. In 
Saskatchewan it is of economic. importance in the Madison. "district for the first 
time since its discovery inthis territory, in 19~3. It is .reported as very 
abundant in southern Alberta 8 and as being well established in southeastern 
British. Columbia, in. .the Cranb.ro.ok and Creston districts. , c.-'.j : 
The imported cabbage worn has been very abundant in southern Ontario, 
causing mucfy, damage to .cruciferous * crops, . ... __.»'■ • , 
. ,* The diamond-back. moth is reported Jas occurring in conspicuous numbers 
in -sections of Nova. Scotia, 'Quebec., arid Saskatchewan.. Apparently the damage 
is not serious, ;.,,'.. . 
The Hessian fiy'has been' discovered on the 'east coast of New Brunswick, 
in Northumberland County, 100 miles from the St. John River Valley* 
The 'turnip aphis, Aphis p seudobrassicae ' Davis, occurred in severe outbreak 
form in central southern Ontario,, causing much damage, 
m .. . The European beech bark louse, Crvntococcus fr.gi (Baerens) Dougl. , is 
distributed throughout the mainland of Nova Scotia, .and occurs in Inverness 
County, Cape Breton. 
The spruce budworm occurs throughout the southern portion of Cape Breton 
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