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allow of their carrying to any great distance such a heavy burden. 

 When a Cidndela is seized between the fingers, it moves about its 

 mandibles and endeavours to pinch, but its bite is inoffensive 

 and not very painful. They are prodigiously active in running. 



Fig. 527. Cicindela heros. 



Fi*. 528. -Cicindela 

 quadriliueata. 



fc. 529.-Cidiidela 

 capensis. 



Armed with jaws which are powerful enough to overcome their 

 victims and to seize them at once, they can dispense with strata- 

 gems. 



Their larvae (Fig. 530) are soft, and have short legs. To 

 satisfy their voracity they are obliged to lie in ambush in holes. 



Fig. 530- Larva of Cicindela 

 campestris. 



Fig. 531. Ambush of larva of 

 Cicindela campestris. 



They are two- thirds of an inch long; their head is horny 

 and in the form of a trapezium. The first segment is also 

 horny, and of a metallic green. The eighth has a pair of tuber- 

 cles with hooks, of which the larva makes use in ascending 



