Note 472 — LETTER IX.
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The larvæ of some species of Coccinellæ feed, according to Prof. D. Reich, solely on the leaves of plants; as that of C. hieroglyphica, which eats the leaves of common heath (Erica vulgaris) after the manner of the larvæ of Lepidoptera. I suspect, however, that there is some mistake in this statement. Der Gesellschaft naturf. Fr. in Berlin Mag. &c. iii. 294.