Note 271 — LETTER VI.

Germar's Mag. der Ent. i. 1-10. Mr. Stephens, in his Illustrations of British Entomology (No. I. p. 4.), very judiciously asks, "May not these herbivorous larvæ have been the principal cause of the mischief to the wheat, while those of the Zabrus contributed rather to lessen their numbers than to destroy the corn." But this query does not account for their being found, when in the perfect state, attacking the ear. I have seen cognate beetles devouring the seeds of umbelliferous plants.