THE MELOE CICA T RICOS US. 
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then, some evidence that these beetles lived during their early 
age at the expense of the bees. In 1845 George Newport threw 
a vast amount of light upon the question, which he had exa- 
Meloe cicatricosns and Sitaris humeralis. 
mined assiduously for many years. He studied two kinds of 
Meloe , Meloe proscarabcens and Meloe cicatricosns , and he satis- 
fied himself that the young larvae of these beetles attached 
