OIL BEETLE. 



353. 



337, Meloe angusticollis Say), the first larva being minute 

 and parasitic on bees, sucking their blood, while in the 



Fig. 337.— Oil Beetle, a, first larva ; b, second larva ; c, third larva ; d, pupa. 



second and third stages it feeds on the pollen mass designed 

 for the young bees. 



Kg. W&.—Siylops chUdrenl, male, dorsal and side view. Much enlargei. 



The blister beetles {Lytia marginata) undergo a similar 

 ecries of transformations called a hypermetamorphosis. 



