THE MELOE CICATRICOSUS. 307 



then, some evidence that these beetles Hved during their early 

 age at the expense of the bees. In 1845 George Newport threw 

 a vast amount of hght upon the question, which he had exa- 



Mdo'e cicalricostis AND Sitaris humeralis. 



mined assiduously for many years. He studied two kinds of 

 Mdoc, Mcloc proscarabmis and Mcloc cicatricosiis, and he satis- 

 fied himself that the young larv^ of these beetles attached 



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