An analysis of the stomach contents of 196 specimens of Millardia meltada, snap-trapped from different farm crops of central Punjab during the period extending from August, 1988 through June, 1989, revealed that wheat was the most dominant component of the rat's diet as 35.66 % of the annual diet was due to this item alone. Lucern (10.82 %), sugarcane (10.82 %), sorghum (10.82 %), Trifolium (8.27 %), and Chenopodium (7.63 %) were among the other important staples of the rat's diet. Animal food constituted only 0.63 % of the annual diet.Wheat predominated in the spring (82.73 %) as well as the summer diet (63.98 %). Sugarcane became an important component in the fall diet (13.15 %), but it gained predominance later in winter (33.10%). Because of predominance of wheat, the spring diet was least diversified, whereas the fall diet was the most diversified one. Besides seasons, the habitat of capture in the farm lands considerably influenced the rat's diet.The total annual diet of the rat comprised mainly of vegetative parts of plants viz., leaves (15 %), stems (51 %), and roots (4 %); the contribution of seeds and grains being only 27 %.Resume. -L'analyse du contenu gastrique de 196 individus de Millardia meltada, capture's avec des tapettes ä rats dans differents types de cultures, au Punjab central, entre aoüt 1988 et juin 1989, a montre que le bl£ e*tait la nourriture principale des rongeurs et representait 35,66 % du regime annuel. La luzerne (10,82%), la canne ä sucre (10,82%), le sorgho (10,82%), le trefle (8,27 %) et Chenopodium (7,63 %) comptetaient ce regime avec seulement 0,63 % de nourriture d'origine animale.Le bio est predominant au printemps (82,73 %) et en hiver (63,98 %). La canne ä sucre devient importante en automne (13,15 %) et plus encore en hiver (33,10 %). Du fait de la pr£do-minance du b!6, le regime alimentaire de printemps est moins diversifi£, le plus diversifio &ant en automne.En plus des saisons, le lieu de capture dans les champs a influe* sur le rögime. Le regime annuel de Millardia, dans 1'ensemble, comprend surtout les parties vegetatives des plantes: feuilles (15 %), tiges (51 %) et racines (4 %); les graines ne representent que 27 %.