FOOD PLANTS. 



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(F. JieteropJiyUa) , F. rubra, Agropyron occidentale, and Italian rye 

 grass (Lolium multiflorum), in their rearing cages at Lafayette, Ind. 

 The following is a complete tabulated list of host plants 1 to date, 

 in so far as our records show. 



IN EUROPE. 



Barley. 



Corn. 



Oats. 



Rice. 



Wheat. 



Spelt. 



Sorghum. 



Agropyron (Triticum) repens. 



Avena barbata. 



Avena elatior=Arrhenatherum elatius. 



Avena fatua. 



Bromus erectus. 

 Bromus maximus=B. villosus. 

 Bromus mollis=B. hordeaceus. 

 Capriola (Cynodon) dactylon. 

 Dactylis glomerata. 

 Fagopyrum esculentum. 

 Hordeum murinum. 

 Lolium perenne. 

 Poa annua. 

 Triticum villosum. 



IN AMERICA. 



Barley. 



Corn. 



Oats. 



Rice. 



Rye. 



Sorghum. 



Spelt. 



Wheat. 



Alfalfa (Medicago sativa). 



Agropyron occidentale. 2 



Agropyron repens. 



Agropyron tenerum. 2 



Alopecurus geniculatus. 2 



Cheat {Bromus secalinus)} 



Bromus commutatus. 2 



Bromus inermis. 2 



Bromus porteri. 2 



Bromus tectorum (?). 2 



Bromus unioloides. 2 • 



Capriola dactylon. 



Chxtochloa italica. 



Chsetochloa viridis. 2 



Dactylis glomerata. 



Distichlis spicata. 2 



Echinochloa crus-galli. 2 



Eleusine indica. 2 

 Elymus canadensis. 2 

 Elymus striatus 2 

 Elymus virginicus. 2 

 Eragrostis megastachya. 2 

 Eragrostis pilosa. 2 

 Festuca duriuscula. 2 

 Festuca heterophylla. 2 

 Festuca ovina. 2 

 Festuca elatior. 

 Festuca rubra. 2 

 Holcus halpensis. 2 

 Hordeum csespitosum 2 

 Hordeum jubatum. 2 

 Hordeum murinum. 

 Hordeum nodosum. 2 

 Hordeum pusillum. 2 

 Juncus tunuis. 2 

 Lolium, multiflorum. 2 

 Poa compressa. 2 

 Poa pratensis. 2 

 Polypogon monspeliensis. 2 

 Sporobolus neglectus. 2 

 Stipa leucotricha. 2 

 Stipa viridula. 2 



i During 1909 Mr. C. P. v. d. Merwl, Bloomfontein, Orange Free State, Africa, wrote us that he had 

 found Toxoptera graminum attacking " Bermuda grass " and their native blue-grass (Andropogon hirtus). 

 2 These are host plants not previously recorded. 



