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The Mexican bean "beetle is still being re-corted as generally very 
destructive over the entire infested territory. 
The banded cucumber beetle has been found quite numerous at Vista, 
Calif., and it appe?rs to be moving northward in that State. 
A species of tussock moth ( Hemerocrmpa -pseudo tsuga t&.VcD . ) is defoli- 
ating and killing large areas of Douglas fir in the Payette National forest 
in Idaho. 
This season seems to be one of unusual abundance of the bagworm 
throughout the Kiddle Atlantic ->nd East Central States westward to Kansas. 
The fall webworm is decidedly more abundant throughout New England, 
New York State, and Missouri this year. 
The pine butterfly is very abund'nt over lsrge areas oi the Fayette 
National Forest in Idaho, which may indie te the approach of another epidemic 
A very serious infestation of the sheep botfly is reported from 
Arizona, where ( out of a flock of 9,000 sheep, 1,200 were killed. 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CANADA FOR AUGUST, 19 3S ; 
Local outbreaks of the bertha armyworm have been reported from sec- 
tions of southern Manitoba and southern Alberta, chiefly affecting sweet 
clover, alfalfa, and flax. 
The greasy cutworm occurred in outbreak form in the St. John River 
Valley, New Brunswick, affecting a variety of field and garden crops. A 
brief survey of potato fields for 30 miles south and 80 miles north of 
Frederic ton along the St. John River Valley showed that injury was most com- 
mon in the region near Fredericton and w.^a seemingly confined to the broad 
valley extending from Oromocto to Zealand. 
The worst infestation in" some years of the cabbage flea beetle is 
being experienced all over V-ncouver Island, British Columbia. 
Reports indie te that the wheat stem maggot is wides-re~d over the 
western half of Manitoba. 
Outbreaks of turnip and cabbage aphids have been reported from sec- 
tions of New Brunswick, southern Ontario, ~nd the Okanagan Valley of 
British Columbia. 
Larvae of the plum curculio have rarely been more abundant in early 
peaches in the Niagara district, Ontario. They have also been reported 
causing considerable injury to plums locally in the Gaspereaux Valley, Nova 
Scotia. 
