OUTSTANDING- ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CANADA FOR OCTOBER, 192S 
In nearly all parts of the Dominion of Canada unseasonably cold 
weather has prevailed throughout the month, accompanied "by much rains 
and snow, and consequently fev r reports of insect activity have been 
received. 
The European corn borer has hem found in 25 additional town- 
ships in Ontario, in 19^5 "" *- n the territory north of Toronto, and east 
along the St, Lawrence River, in Simcoe, Hastings, iTrontenac, Lennox, 
Addington and Leeds Counties. 
The western wheat-stern sa-vfly is parasitised by M icrobra con 
sephi Boh. . to the extent of 22 per cent in the Xreesbank district, 
Manitoba. 
The pine shoot moth, Rhvacionia buol ian a Schiff. , has been found 
at six different points in Ontario. It is supposed to have been originally 
imported from Europe and, in one case, possibly from the United States,, 
The forest tent caterpillar infestation in Saskatchewan this year 
(recurred in the wooded areas in the Qu'Appelle River valley extending 
through tributary coulees into the surrounding districts. The cost severe 
outbreaks occurred in the vicinity of Bui yea and along the shores of 
Long Lake. The general trend of the infestation is in a northerly direction 
with 8. marked decrease in southern districts. A. severe outbreak in the 
easternr sect ion of the Qu'Appelle Valley is anticipated in 1926, with 
less severe infestations in the western end, In Manitoba, a new outbreak 
occurred this year from south bf Crow ijne^c Lake, tea Lam^ray :Ealls on the 
Winnipeg River. 
Recent reports indicate that the codling moth caused much sideworm 
injury in apple orchards of the Niagara district, Ontario. 
Crape leajT hoppers have experienced conditions favorable to their 
rapid increase in the Niagara district, Ontario, and they are expected 
to go into winter Quarters in larse numbers, in some sections. 
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