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DRY AND MESOPHYTIC FOREST COMMUNITIES 



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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 Umbalis) 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 1 times natural size. 



FIG. 161. The egg; 3? 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; o, ocelli; 3 times natural size. 



FIG. 164. The pupa; 3 times natural size. 



FIG. 16.15. The burrow of C. Umbalis, pupal cell; \ natural size. 



