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that it was an ideal place for Cicindela senilis. After tipping 

 over a number of small stones, I approached one of the large 

 rocks mentioned above, and as I did so, I noticed that the 

 lizards had been feeding upon a species of Cicindela. Close 

 examination of the fragments proved them to be the remains 

 of senilis. A new record, for I had never found them at \'ine 

 Hill before. 



After turning over the large rock I noticed a small hole 

 (B) at the edge of the impression (A) made by the rock, 

 as shown in the accompanying diagram. I also observed that 

 there was something whitish in that hole, and with my forceps 



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I extracted a C. senilis. It was torpid from the cold. At the 

 mouth of its burrow there was a small pile of dirt (B), which 

 looked like a miniature gopher mound. This little pile of 

 dirt was not the only one, for all around the rock impression 

 there were numerous others (C). 



An idea occurred to me and I began to dig. and Cicindela 

 senilis began to appear by the twos and fours. They were at 

 different depths, none deeper than three inches (G), and there 

 was distinct evidence of galleries. There was no evidence 

 of larvae, and the little piles of dirt told the story very clearly, — 

 that these insects had retired to this rock and dug their way 

 beneath it for the purpose of hibernating through the winter. 



