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I will tell you all about them — 
How to know them, where to find them. 
“ Sit down on this hank of flowers, 
Bank of buttercups and daisies, 
While the trembling sunshine glinting 
Through the murmuring rustling aspen, 
Jocund dances all around us; 
Sit down young and old together. 
“ First examine their antennae 
Coming forwards from the forehead ; 
They are sometimes called the feelers. 
And some think them ears for hearing. 
But we know they are antennse. 
And were made for some wise purpose ; 
What that purpose is we know not. 
“ First in order come the Tigers, 
Tigers of the insect races ; 
For they all are fierce and savage. 
Like their namesakes of the jungle. 
Preying upon living victims ; 
They are mostly gay and glittering. 
And fly swiftly in the sunshine ; 
Their antennae are quite simple. 
Tapering gradual to the summit ; 
Tiger beetles we may call them. 
Tigers or Cicindelina. 
“ Next in order, the ground-beetles, 
Also feed on living insects ; 
But they wander seldom flying, 
And most often in the night-time; 
Still a few delight in sunshine. 
And these few are called 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 kill them without mercy. 
Just as Tigers or ground beetles; 
Their antennae too are tapering, 
And we call them Dytiscina. 
“ Last of all the tyrant beetles. 
Feeding on their living victims, 
Feeding also on dead bodies. 
Come these long and narrow fellows 
That turn up their tails in anger. 
If you tease them, if you touch them : 
