PLATE 39 THE OIL-BEETLE AND THE SITARIS. 



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Above the newly hatched grubs of the Oil-beetle are waiting on the flower for a bee 

 to convey them to its nest. Just below it a grub is in the bee's cell, clinging to an egg 

 floating on honey. In another cell the chrysalis is awaiting its final change. The 

 lower half of the picture shows similar stages in the history of the Sitaris-beetle. 



Drawn Iv T. Carr;ras. 



