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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Aphides <md their Food Plants. 



FOOD PLANTS. 



AT THE ROOTS OF 



Creeping Soft-grass 

 Sow-thistle 



Couch-grass, Dog-grass 



and in ants nests. (Lasius Jlavus ) 

 Waved Hair-grass and other grasses 



and in ants nests. {Lasius fuliginosus.) 



Dog's-tooth Grass 

 Rough Meadow-grass 

 Hard Fescue-grass 



and other grasses, and in ants nests. 



(Lasius Jlavus.) 

 " In ant-hills at Beckenham " 

 Annual Meadow-grass 

 Glaucous Panic-grass 



and " on the lower, exposed leaves of 



Sweet Vernal Grass 



and in ant-hills." 

 Scarlet Runner 

 French Bean 



and other cultivated plants. 



Under the roots of Creeping Sedge, 

 covering nests of ants. (Lasius umoratus.) 

 in which they are found. 



Under the roots of Annual Meadow Grass, Poa annua 

 covering nests of ants. (Lasius Jlavus.) 



Same as 177. 



"Very numerous at the roots of Annual 

 Meadow-grass (Poa annua) on the 

 Northumberland moors. On moving 

 the soil, the white tufts of cotton-like 

 fibre spun from the dorsal pores be- 

 tray the presence of these insects." 



Holcus mollis 

 Sonchus oleraceus 

 Triticum repens 



Aira Jlexuosa 



Cynodon Bactylon 

 Poa triv talis 

 Festuca duriuscula 



Poa annua 

 Panicum glaucum 



Anthoxanthum odoratum 



Phaseolus coceinem 

 Phaseolus vulgaris 



Carcx dioica 



APHIDES. 



FORDA 



170. FoRMICARIA. 



171. VlRIDANA. 



TYCHEA 



172. Trivialis. 



173. SETARIiB. 



174. Eragrostidis. 



175. Phaseoli. 



ENDEIS 



176. FORMICINA. 



177. pellucida. 



178. Carnosa. 

 RHIZOBIUS 



179. POZE. 



