46 TRIBES OF THE 



Sexton Beetles or SilpMna. 



Look at this bright green Rose Beetle, 

 Feeding in the heart of jElowers, 

 On the pollen from the anthers ; 

 And at this great buzzing Watchman, 

 He delights in something nasty ; 

 And at this forlorn Cockchaffer, 

 Shaken from the tree above us, 

 Where he feasted on the green leaves : 

 AU these three have knobbed antennae, 

 And the knobs are all divided 

 Into thin and flat divisions. 

 These we caU Scabab^ina ; 

 We call all such beetles Chaffers, 

 Chaffers or Scarabaeina. 



What is this but a CHck Beetle ? 

 If upon its back you lay it, 

 Up it leaps with sudden^ snapping. 

 Now examine its antennae ; 

 They are slim throughout and serrate. 

 Serrate, that is notched or sawhke. 

 These may all be called Click Beetles, 

 Clicks or Snaps, Elaterina. 



" TeU me what are Soldiers, Sailors, 

 Always crawling on the pathways. 

 Poor things ! always getting trod on, 

 Always climbing up the fences, 

 Always buzzing in the hedges, 



