1919] 



Wheeler — The Phoresy of Anfherophagu.i 



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seized the tarsus of a hind leg between its jaws, and was holding 

 on like grim Death. I put both into my bottle, and the Anthero- 

 phagns retained its hold until both were killed by the fumes of 

 the laurel." The reference of 1871 is to this same find and occurs 



Fig. 1. Antherophagiis ochraceus Mels. attached to proboscis of Bomhtis 



lagans Sm. 



on page 60 of Bold's "Catalogue of the Insects of Northumberland 

 and Durham." 



Redtenbacher (1858) records having taken three adult A. 

 nigricornis in a humble-bee's nest, together with a number of 

 larva?, which very probably belonged to the beetle. In 1863 

 Carus and Gerstaecker published the following note on the genus 

 Antherophagus: "The species live on flowers, attach themselves 

 to humble-bees and permit the latter to transport them to their 

 nests, probably for the purpose of oviposition ; at any rate, small 



