TWO WINGS. 29 



And we find on the scutellum 

 Many spines all pointing backwards. 

 The antennse have no bristle, 

 But are very often elbowed, 

 And the joints beyond the middle 

 Form a close mass, many join ted. 



Tribe or order Tabanina : 

 Savage wives and gentle husbands ; 

 All the females are bloodthu-sty, 

 Drinking deep the blood of cattle ; 

 All the males are kind and gentle, 

 Basking on the leaves or flowers, 

 Their antennse are so varied 

 As to make it rather puzzling 

 Very clearly to describe them ; 

 But they may be called threejointed. 

 Only noting that in many 

 The last joint appears divided 

 Into six or seven others. 

 Mouth composed of many lancets, 

 Separately formed for cutting, 

 If united formed for piercing, 

 But 'tis only in the ladies 

 That we find these fearful lancets. 

 Often sticking out quite spearlike ; 

 Body stout and often hairy, 

 Often smooth and almost globose, 

 Always nipped in at the middle. 



