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For they all are fierce and savage, 

 Like their namesakes of the jungle, 

 Preying upon living victims ; 

 They are mostly gay and glitteiing, 

 And fly swiftly iu the sunshine ; 

 Their antennae are quite simj^le, 

 Tajiering gradual to the summit. 

 Tiger Beetles we may call them. 

 Tigers or Cicindelina. 



Next in order, the Ground Beetles, 

 Also feed on hving insects ; 

 But they wander seldom flying, 

 And most often in the nighttime ; 

 Still a few dehght in sunshine, 

 And these few are caUed Sunshiners ; 

 Their antennae all are tapering, 

 And we name them Carabina. 



Now we come to Water Beetles, 

 Beetles that can swim like fishes. 

 Live and dive beneath the water, 

 And there hunt for other insects. 

 Catch and kOl them without mercy. 

 Just as Tigers or Ground Beetles ; 

 Theii- antennae, too, are tapering, 

 And we call them D5tiscina. 



Last of these tyi-annic beetles. 

 Feeding on their living victims. 

 Feeding also on dead bodies. 



