CASE WINGS. 47 



Clambering on the grass and flowers ; 

 Here is one upon a harebell." 



They are called Telephorina ; 

 They are soft and very tender, 

 Not at all like hardcased beetles ; 

 Their antennae are quite simple, 

 Neither serrated nor clublike. 



Pray remember all these beetles, 

 These nine tribes which I have shown you, 

 Always have the feet tivejointed. 



Now then come a tribe so diverse 

 That I cannot well describe them. 

 Their antennae greatly vary ; 

 Some are tapering, some are clublike, 

 Some are comblike, some are sawlike. 

 Some are threadlike, some are fanlike ; 

 But their feet are always constant. 

 Fore and middle pairs fivejointed, 

 Hind pair always but fourjointed. 

 Let us fix on what to call them : 

 Heteromera, Blapsina; 

 These two names are sometimes given. 

 But I thmk I like Blapsina. 



Next in order come the Weevils, 

 Little elephants, longsuouted. 

 And their snouts antennae bearing ; 

 The antennae, too, are elbowed. 

 First bent backwards and then forwai'ds : 



