PHORODON GALEOPSIDIS. 
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In the autumn the perfect insect often enters 
houses for hybernation, and clusters of many hundreds 
may be seen in crannies and under the ceilings, and in 
the angles of the walls of houses within the hop dis- 
tricts. These clusters sometimes are so large, that a 
half-pint measure w^ould not contain them. 
Although the Coccinella is not restricted to the hop 
Aphis for its food, it frequently follows its migrations, 
and travels on the same winds. It is also a valuable 
visitor to the apple orchard, and destroys thousands of 
Aphis mali and A. p)mni. Whilst feeding, the Aphis is 
seized by the Ladybird” near the back, and the liquid 
contents are quietly sucked out of the abdomen, about 
one minute being required for this process. The Aphis 
is held and manipulated by the jaws and palpi of the 
Coccinella, and the devouring operation proceeds, 
amidst the struggles of the victims, from the tail to 
the thorax, which parts, together with the head and 
legs, are finally rejected. 
We may express some hope, in sympathy with the 
Aphis, that the automatic theory of animal life may here 
find some place, and that reflex action may explain the 
fact, that under the microscope the mutilated parts, 
without stomach and without internal organs, have 
been seen to walk away and live after the operation 
for a considerable time ! 
Automatically, the Coccinella furbishes up its jaws, 
and antennse, in readiness for another meal. From 
thirty to forty Aphides thus may be consumed in 
one hour. 
The imago of Coccinella septem punctata is too well 
known to permit any remarks upon it here. I have 
figured the less known pupa and larva. 
3^ Phorodon GALEOPSIDIS, Kalt. Plate XXXII. 
Aphis galeopsidis, Kalt., Walker. 
Phorodon galeopsidis^ Pass; 
