INSECTS INJURIOUS TO GRASS. 



scviption, Most work as iiiuch if not more on other plant.s. 

 Some lire vcr}' nire insects, and utliers, tliougli common, seem 

 not to attract any general attention by tlieir })resence. 



Insects Injurious to Grass Crops. — 'Die insects which are 

 known to attack our grasses make even a more f(>rmi(hiblc list 

 than tliosc injurious to the clovers. Kii^htv or more snecies 

 either depend wholly or in }iart upon our grasses for food. In 

 the following list-IIy. after the name indicates that the insect 

 belongs to the order Ilymenoptera; Lep., Lcpidoptera; Dip., 

 Dii)tera; Col., Coleo[)tera; Ilom., Ilomoptera; Hem., Hcmep- 

 tera; Or., Orthoplera. 111. refers to 111. Entomological Keports; 

 ^lo. to ]\nssouri Entomological lleports ; U. S. IJeports, U. S. 

 Commissioner of Agriculture ; llarr., Harris Injurious Insects; 

 On*., Ontario Entomological Keport; Pack., Packard's Guide 

 to the Study of Insects; Streck., Strccker's Catalogue of Macro- 

 lepidoptera; Eiteh, Eitch's X. Y. Reports: 



Acridiuin Ainericanum. 13rury, Oi-., 111., Vol. IX., ]). 1:2!). Mc, Vol. VIII., 

 p. 103, 111. 



Agonoderus. all of tlie species, CoJ. III., Vol. XII., p. 111. 



Agrotis c. nigrum. Linn. Lcp., 111. Vol. VII., pp. Hi), 202. Ibid. Vol. X., 

 p. 1:52. 



Agrotis fennica, Tausch, Z,<'y)., Rt'i). Mich. St. Board Ag. 1883, p. 423. 

 Out. Vol. XV., 1S,S4, pi>. 13, 1."), 21, 24. Mich. Hort. Rep. 1884. p. 81. 



Agrotis saucia, Iliib., Lep., 111. Vol. VII., pp. 94, 211. Ibid, Vol. X., 

 p. 134. Mo.. Vol. I., p. 74. U. S. 1884. p. 2!)7, 111. Harr., p. 444. 



Agrotis tessollata. ITarr., Lep., 111. Vol. VII., pp. 91, 206. Ibid, Vol. X., 

 p. 133. Harr., p. 445. Out., Vol. X.. p. 39. 



Aniara, all the species, Col., 111. Vol. XII., p. 110. 



Anisodactylus, all the species, Col., 111. Vol. XII., p. 111. 



Aphis ilaidis. Fitch, Horn., Fitch, Vols. I. and II., p. 318. III. Vol. 

 XIII.. p. 40. 



Arctia (Leiicarctia) acrrea, Sni., I^p., Harr., p. 351. Pack., p. 2H6. 

 III. Vol. VII., pp. 79, 183. Ibid., Vol. X., pp. 115, 170. Ibid, Vol. XL. p. 

 68. 



Arctia phalerata, Harr., I^'p., Harr., p. 347. 111. Vol. VII., p. 181. Ibid, 

 Vol. X., p. 115. 



