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continues severe and the infestation appears to be spreading westward. 
On Cape Breton Island there has been a marked decr-_aru in the :tation 
by this species. 
There is a serious outbreak of the larch sawfly, in Ontario, 
extending from Worth Bay west to Sault Ste, Marie, and as far north as 
Ranger lake. 
The European, leaf-raining sawfly, Per.usa punila Klug. , badly damaged 
a considerable percentage of the foliage of birch trees in central and 
southern New Brunswick, 
Heavy infestations of the bar!:- bee tie Dendroc tonus monticolae 
Hopk, , in lodgepole pine, are reported in the North Thompson river dis- 
trict, and the V/est Fork of Kettle river, British Columbia. 
The tortricid, Soarganothis petti tana Hob, continued in out- 
break form on red sugar maple on Cape Breton Island. 
