CICINDELA. 87 



blackish purple colour, with the wing-sheaths each 

 marked by an undulated whitish band and three 

 white spots: it frequents woods and is far less 

 common than the former. 



The larvae of the Cicindelae are of a lengthened 

 shape, somewhat like those of the smaller Ceram- 

 byces, and are furnished with strong, curved jaws : 

 they inhabit tubular hollows, which they form near 

 the surface of the ground, and prey on the smaller 

 insects. 



