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llu'sc ill com |i;ir;it i\('ly siii;ill ;iiii(Hiiil. Miscclhiiicoiis NCiictaWlc tissues 

 I;ir,iii'ly dcriNcd fioiii IIoimI oi'i;;iiis oI' i;r;iss('s were prcsciil in ;ill spcci- 

 iiu'iis, niul roniu'd ;i <;i-(';ittM" pari of tli(> food in clcxcii. Thcn^ was li(ll(> 

 ('\id(Mi('(' thai this sp(>ci(\s oats the Icaxcs or other iiion* soliil tissues ot" 

 tiu> plants. 



(lu'iinlhiis pini Heut. 



No. 1 . A nyiuph eoneeled at Normal, Ah'l,ean coiiidy, July 20. 

 from a lield of oats, eoivtaimnl only fnii,i;us s|)ores, a majority of them 

 unicellular hut som(> of them cla\at(\ 



No. 2. .\ specimen coli(M'ted from a,rass uctxv Tolono, (^hampai,i;n 

 county, .luly 2!'), had (\ateii tlu> tissues of i!,rass hjo.ssoms, as shown 1)>" 

 fra,t;inents of tiie Ncry slender lilanuMitous pistils of that plant. 



It will he notic(>d that in this little collection of twenty specinuMis 

 plant-lice were found a inoi'e im|u)rtaiit element in tlu> food of the youni; 

 than in that of the adult; and lliat oi'dinary c(>llular \'e<i;(^lalion is in- 

 siiiuilicant in amount, the i^reatiM' part ol the \(>i;(Mahle food consist inii' 

 of the lloi'al organs of grasses and possibly of other plants and minute 

 funjii of various descriptions, such as ;ire found on le;i\-es and on decay- 

 iiio- v(\n(>tatioii. 



riioi s.\Ni) i.ixu;!':!) uoinis. 



M l/nd podd. 



I'hese ni.Miiy-jointed, wormlike I'orms, crawTuiii, more or less rapidl\ 

 by m(>ans of a multitude^ of small l(\i;'s, ['cvi\ on both decayiiiii- and lixiiiii 

 ve^'(>(abl(> matt(M', but in this country thcMr injuries to culti\ated plants 

 ;ire I'arely serious. Se\-ei'al sp(>ci(>s ha\(' b(>en taktMi feedinii' on planted 

 sihhI-coi'u, and also in ears on the stalk, especially those fallen or rest- 

 ing- on tlu' i;round. 



Some species eat tubei's, roots, and other uiideri;!'ound jilant sti'uc- 

 lures; others Uh\\ abox'e .li'round on fruits, stcans, andlea\(>s. Potatoes, 

 cuciunbers, s(|uashes, melons, rip(> rasplieriaes, .and stniw IxM'i'ies ar(> 

 fa\'orit(> obj(>cts (){ their food, 'I'hey sometimes caus(> trouble by feeding 

 on llowcis .and foli.a^c in ^reeidiouses. 



we lia\'e found myriapod eu'ji's und(M' ii,i-ouiid April 27 in sm.all rounded 

 (■a\ities a littl(> less th.an half an inch in di.ameter and about three or hmr 

 inches bc>lo\\ tlu> surfac(\ Tlu" younii hatcluvl next day, and by May 

 10 were sli-on^- (Mioui;h to l)urrow into the ii'rouud. The species was not 

 deteiniined, as W(> failed to rear them to maturit\. 



