Do you think it really the larva of meloe?

The last time I saw the Scarabee he was still at work on the meloe question.

And besides, I take an interest in entomology, and have my own opinion on the meloe question.

For an account of Sitaris and Meloe, see Sharp's "Insects," II., page 272.

Sitaris and Meloe, two genera of coleopterous insects, are referred to by Lubbock (op.