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The fall webworm is generally prevalent throughout the New England 
and the East Central States. We also have reports of webworm damage from 
Texas an:". Colorado. 
An unusual and serious infestation of jack pine by a Bcarabaoid beetle 
( Paclrystethus olivia Horn) is reported from Michigan, the beetles defoli- 
ating the pines. 
THE MORE IMPORTANT ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES III CAHADA 
POR SEPTEMBER 1935 
In central Manitoba, the hot, wet weather of June and July started a 
fungous disease which killed off most of the grasshoppers. The cold autumn 
has reduced the egg-laying period in that Province. In the Red River Val- 
ley, however, grasshoppers laid enough eggs to constitute a mena.ee in l;3e. 
Some trouble may also develop in southwestern areas of the Province, In 
Saskatchewan grasshoppers forced the early cutting of wheat and oats rather 
generally in southern and central districts, but losses on the whole were 
moderate. A preliminary survey of grasshopper abundance in the autumn in- 
dicates that a considerable outbreak is again in prospect for 133&* I- 1 
Alberta, some fields showed from 10 to SO percent of wheat heads on the 
ground as a result of grasshopper attacks; oats and barley also suffered, 
largely due to lack of early season poisoning. 
A marked reduction in the numbers of the common field cricket com- 
pared with 193"" i s reported in the Prairie Provinces. 
TTireworms are considered the most serious problem affecting wheat 
production in the Peace River and adjacent agricultural areas of Alberta 
and British Columbia. 
Damage by the wheat stem sawfly is greater than usual in prairie 
districts of Saskatchewan where the crop is not badly rusted. Losses from 
this insect in some parts of southern Alberta ranged from 5 to J>0 percent 
of the crop. 
Damage by the wheat stem maggot in southern Manitoba is considerably 
less than last year, but in a few places ranged as high as 3 percent. 
Reports from ITew Brunswick, Ontario, and the Prairie Provinces appear 
to indicate an increased intensity of infestation of the Colorado potato 
beetle. 
The imported cabbage worm was unusually abundant in Ontario. Severe 
damage was also reported in parts of Saskatchewan and British Columbia. 
The red turnip beetle is reported to be normally one of the worst 
pests of turnips, sweet alyssum, and allied plants in the Peace River area 
of Alberta and British Columbia. Infestations appear to have been particu- 
larly severe during 193^ and 1S35* 
