Island, Nova Scotia, and several important out "breaks have also been 
located in the forested area of northern and eastern- Manitoba. The bnd-rorm 
outbreak in the Barkerville district, British Crlurhia, involve.e :v. area 
of at least 1,000 sqi n are miles, and several local outbreaks have ueen 
discovered in the forests en Vancouver Island. 
The larch sa^rfly is prevalent throughout' Cape Breton Island, Nova 
Scotia, end northeastern Nev? Brj.ns-.7ick. 
In the southerri half of 'Cape Breton Island, 1J. S. , the spruce cone 
■worm, P iorvctria renicul ella C-rt. , and larvae of /^."TiLPher/i fort tmana Kft. 
have been found attacking white- spruce. The spruce t bai'k' be vol "5 has killed 
or is killing, small groups of mature \Mte spruce scattered all over the 
island. 
The rcillow leaf beetle, 6al erucel la decora Say ,is Widespread on willov;s 
and poplars in southern Manitoba and has caused defoliation of poplars in 
sections of Alberta. 
An outbreak of bud moths has resulted in severe damage in apple orchards 
of the Annapolis Valley, Ilova Scotia, 
The potato leafhopper, gnrooasca mall LeB.. has been very abundant and 
injurious in the -Niagara district, -Ontario, on apples, potatoes, and 
certain ornamental plants. 
The tarnished plant bug has again been responsible for considerable 
"stop-back" injury to peach nursery stock in the Niagara distract. , Ontario, 
In British Columbia it has been, very abundant on alfalfa in orchards ox 
t£e Okanagan Valley, • '• . • -i • ' . ' -' •. <. 
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