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(Kediilhiis (iiKjiislliH iinis l^'ilcli. 

 TIk' food of (M<;h(e(Mi spcciiiuMis was exaniiiuMl by Mr. Mills. RtMnnins 

 of iiisocis i)iV(l()iuiiiato(l in nine, tho food of (he otiirr nine bcini;- almost 

 wholly \(\i;(ial)l(>, lari;('ly fiiiiui in I'oui-. TolliMi of various kinds was 

 pivsout ill (drvcMi cases and was the principal food in two. Miscel- 

 laneous v(\ii;etahle fran'iuents, consist ini'; lariitdy of stamens and pistils, 

 were det(>cl(>d in (Mi;ht cases, in three of which they composed the |)riii- 

 cipal part of tlu> Umh\. In a single case dead \(\<;elation was jjivsent, 

 pciietnited by fungus ihi-eads. 



" (Kciinl/itis (lUddripiiiictdlns Ueut. 



No. 1. An adult sp(>cinu>ii lakcMi in wheat slubt)l(> at Dncpioin, 

 in Terry county, Sc^ptember 7, ISS;>. had fed mainly on plant-lice, 

 remains of which consist(Ml of antiMiiue. le^s, and r(^'Oij;nizable parts of 

 lu>ads with beaks attached. There were also piec(>s of anthers, with 

 trilobed pollen i;rains and a fraunuMit of U>aflike vei>;etation. 



No. 2. .\n adult from a strawberry held at .Vmia, in rnion count>-. 

 S(>|)teinber 17. contained a (iuantit\- of fundus spores and fra,<;inents 

 of anthers and styles, to,U(^th(M- with a ,i;r(>at amount of lariic uiobnlar 

 pollen, all evidtMitly iiraminactHius in oriuin. 



No. ;>. .\ nymph from tlu> sanu> place as No. '_' had eatiMi mainly 

 antluM-s ;ind styles of a j;raminaceous plant, the antlu>r tissue^ and pollen 

 lariic'ly piH'dominatinu-. 



No. I. A small n\inph lalaMi Auiiust (i at t'eiitralia. in Marion c(umty. 

 from wheat, stubble, had i\\\ on obscure \-ei;-etable mattcM- containing- 

 scalariform and s]>iral ducts, togi^ther with plant hairs, pollen, etc.. 

 a few fungus spores and pistil tissue, and a littU^ black mycidium. .""^onu^ 

 of tlu< cellular veg(>tatioii was penetratetl by myc(>lial threads in a way 

 t() sln)w that it was in a state of decay. 



No. o. A n\ mph {^( this species obtaitu^l at .\nna .Iul\' 17 contaiiunl 

 onl\- minut(> fungus dt^bris, mainly a black myctdium, with occasional 

 small spor(>s. 



No. (>. Aiiolher nymph coll(>cted at tlu> same tinu> and plac(> as N\>. 

 .') had, like that, \\\\ mainly on spoi\>-bearing fungi, including AUcnian'a, 

 but contaiiuMl also sonu^ \(a-y minuti> fragments {\{ plant-lice. 



No. 7. .\nother nymph, olitained at Anna, .bily 17. had madt- its 

 last meal larg(>ly on plant-lice, as shown by minute but unmistakable 

 fragments. Some additional ])arts of the food wia-e unn>cognizable. 



No. S. Collected from wheat stubble .hily .">, at Ihiqucnn. Tlu* 

 hunl consisted wholl\- iif various fungus spores, scnne of them thick- 

 walled and oval and otlu>rs clavate and sci>tnte. 



No. !>. VUc same as No. S and fr(un tlu^ sanu> i>lac(\ containing 

 a larger quantity of virtuall\- t!u> same food. 



No. 10. Another specimen from sout1uM-n Illinois, in .August, a full 



