INHKCTS IN.rrUlOI'S TO (iRAHS. !«>» 



Satynis lu'iilicli'. Kill... Z.*/... 111. Vol. Vll.. p. l.VI. Ihiil, Vol. X., p. »•,'. 

 Vol. VI. I'rocrt'd. Kilt. Soc. I'hil.. p. MCi. llurr., j.. :«»•(. JiuU. Uiimild 

 So... Vol. II., p. ^^-I'i. 



Sfclodoiita pulu'sctiis. Mels.. («/., 111. Vol. XIII., p. UV.i, 



Sc('|>siH fiilvicollis. Ilubii., I.iji., III., Vol, X., p. 171. 



Schizoiit'iiiii lumifolii. Thoiii.. Hum., III. ^'oI. N'lII., p. KIH. Ibid, \i>\. 

 XIII.. pji. I-'. :.!. 



StiiUiiV Dip., 111. Vol. XIII., p. .".!>. 



Seluiulria? Saw Fly. ////., U. S. 1884, j.. 401. 



Siphoiiophora avt'iia'. Fab., limn., Filtli, Vol. VI.-IX., p. 91. ^lo. Vol. 

 II., pp. ■■). (i. 1(1. III. Vol. VIII.. pp. ^>!), r,i. 



Siiilioiiopliora si'taria", Tliom.. J/oni,, 111. Vol. VIII., |). -iO, 



Spilosoiiia Virj^iiiica, Fabr., L(i>., Harris, p. !M!t. 111. Vol. IV., ji, IHS. 

 Ibid, Vol. VII., pp. 80, 18:5, ^'7T, :.'S(). Ibid. Vol. X., pp. 11(1, H5!). I'aik- 

 urd, p. ^'87. :Mo. Vol. III., p. (58. 



Splu'ijopborus iiarvulus, (iyll,, Forben' Notes. Sci-ii catiii;^ ;;rass in July 

 ami August. 



S|ilH'iiopliorus sculptilis, rill, Col., I-intiu-r, Kii. Kcp., Vol. I., p. 25i3. 

 Mo. Vol. Ill , p. .v.). U.S. 187!), ].. ^>48. Ibid. 18S0. p. '2:2. Out., 1880, 

 p. r.(i. Am, Xal.. Vol. XV., p. 91",. U. S. 18Sl-l,ss-.>, p. IM. 



Tychea paiiici, Tbom., Jloin., III. Vol. VIII., p. 1(19. 



Ill tlu' iibovo list 1 liiivo jfivL'ii only such s|H'ci('s iis 1 know, or 

 have <foo(l roiison to believe, feed in jiart or wholly on ^^rass. I 

 have given references that the literatnre may he more easily in- 

 vestigated, thongh many authors referred to do not speak of the 

 insects as enemies to our grasses, they do give habits and charac- 

 ters whicli are important. 



In the list given others might very safely have been included. 

 It is probably true that all the s])ecies of Lachnosterna — allies of 

 oitr May or June beetle, the common white grub — and many 

 species of related genera, are injurious to gra.sses, as they (piite 

 generally feed on the roots of these plants in the grub or larval 

 state. It is also probable that others of the genera Agrotis, Ila- 

 dena, etc., perhaps all the cut worms, are enemies of our mead- 

 ows and pastures. Till within a couple of years Agrotis fennica, 

 the Black Army AVorm, was supposed to be one of the most in- 



