1Do you think it really the larva of meloe?
2The last time I saw the Scarabee he was still at work on the meloe question.
3And besides, I take an interest in entomology, and have my own opinion on the meloe question.
4For an account of Sitaris and Meloe, see Sharp's "Insects," II., page 272.
5Sitaris and Meloe, two genera of coleopterous insects, are referred to by Lubbock (op.
6Sitaris and Meloe are beetles which live "at the expense of bees of the genus Anthophora."
7Amply nourished this Meloe then acquires her normal size, the size in which she usually figures in the collections.