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percent less than those killed in 1932. This drop in population was "believed 
to "be the result of the very severe winter temperatures of 1932-33. The 
outbreak of the mountain pine beetle (D. monticolae Hopk.) in the Beaverhead 
National Forest of Montana has been increasing since 1926, until last year 
(1932) it covered over 1,000,000 acres of forest, and 17,500,000 trees had 
"been killed. Following the very severe winter temperatures of 1932-33, the 
beetle population in the Beaverhead and adjacent forests was reduced to such 
an extent that in 1933 the number killed was "but 5 percent of the number 
killed in 1932. There was no beetle survival above the snow line in this 
region. In the Sierra Forest of California conditions are also very favorable, 
the beetle population being the lowest since 1923. 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS 
During the year the gladiolus thrips ( Taeniothrips gladioli M. & S.) 
continued to be reported as a serious pest of gladiolus. In addition to the 
territory already known to be infested, it was reported for the first time 
in the vicinity of Milwaukee, Wis., at several points throughout Iowa, in 
which State a few specimens were collected in 1932, in Eddy County, N. Dak., 
and at Fort Collins, Colo. 
SCEEW WORM 
Late in the season a severe outbreak of the screw worm ( Cochliomyia 
macellaria Fab.) occurred in northern Florida and southern Georgia, where 
horses, cattle, and dogs were attacked. The infestation covered 30 counties 
in southern Georgia from the Alabama-Georgia State line to the coast, and 
12 counties in northern Florida. Infestations were found on deer, sheep, 
goats, cats, and even man, in addition to those on the above-named hosts. 
Losses were heavy both in dead animals and in the cost of medication. This 
is the^firj^ g^cord of a serious infestation in the Southeastern States. An 
outbreak /in southern Mississippi, where the principal injury was occasioned 
to sheep. During September the number of cases of injury in southern -and 
$eu*.hwe stem Texas doubled. In the Gulf Coast district of Texas stockmen 
reported that 35 percent of the cattle were infested. The outbreaks from 
Florida to Texas were closely associated with excessive rainfall and high 
temperatures during August and early in September. 
NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN PESTS 
Otiorhynchus l|gustici L. is a well known weevil that attacks a wide 
variety of plants throughout Europe and the Near East. The larvae feed on 
roots and the adults feed on "buds and leaves. In Europe it is known to feed 
on alfalfa, turnip, asparagus, clover, sugar "beet, grape, peach, and straw- 
berry. It was first recorded in North America in 1933, when specimens were 
collected on newly-set raspberry at Oswego, N. Y. 
Sitona cylindricollis Fab. is a European weevil known to attack sweet- 
clover. It was first recorded on this continent in 1933 at Middlebury, Vt . , 
where it so severely injured young sweetclover as to necessitate replanting. 
It was also found on the New York side of the Lake Champlain valley, and at 
Stoors, Conn., and Amherst, Mass. 
