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Life History of the Clay-Bank Tiger Beetle 

 (Reprinted from the Journal of Morphology) 



Fig. 159. — From left to right — the ventral, side, and dorsal view of the oviposi- 

 tor of the bluff tiger-beetle {Cicindela limbalis) with segments numbered; 3 times 

 natural size. 



Fig. 160. — The egg of the same in the hole in the ground made by the ovi- 

 positor; 1 \ times natural size. 



Fig. 161.— The egg; $h times natural size. 



Fig. 162. — The larva, side view; h, hooks; 3 times natural size. 



Fig. 163. — The anterior half of the larva: an, antennae; mp, maxillary palp; 

 m, mandible; 0, ocelli; 3 times natural size. 



Fig. 164.— The pupa; 3 times natural size. 



Fig. 165. — The burrow of C. limbalis, pupal cell; \ natural size. 



