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allow of their carrying to any great distance such a heavy burden. 
When a Cicindela 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. Fie. 528,—Cicindela Fig. 529.—Cicindela 
quadrilineata. 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 larvee (Fig. 530) are soft, and have short legs. To 
satisfy their voracity they are obliged to lie in ambush in holes. 


Fic. 530.—Larva of Cicindela Fig. 531.—Ambush of larva of 
“~~ campestris. 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 




