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Their antenn® like a necklace 
Made of black pearls strung together, 
With the biggest always outwards, 
Almost always sliced off sideways; 
They have stout and square wing-cases ; 
And their body is uncovered. 
So that they can turn their tails up : 
Kirby called them all rove-beetles ; 
We will say Staphylinina. 
“ There are other water-beetles ; 
Beetles of all sorts and sizes. 
Swimming, diving in the water. 
Living in the water gardens, 
Feeding on the leaves and flowers ; 
Their antenntE are not simple. 
Sticking straight out from the forehead, 
But are always knobbed, and hidden 
In a hole beneath the skull-cap ; 
These we call Hyduophilina. 
“ Next come these gay sexton-beetles. 
Gay, but smelling, 0 ! so horrid ! 
For they feed on putrid bodies ; 
They have also knobbed antenntE, 
And the knob is hard and solid : 
We will call all such Silphina, 
Sexton-beetles or Silphina. 
“ Look at this bright green rose-beetle. 
Feeding in the heart of flowers, 
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 : 
All these three have knoblied antennae. 
And the knobs are all divided 
Into thin and flat divisions; 
These we call Scaraba^ina ; 
We call all such beetles, chaffers. 
Chaffers or Scarab5;ixa. 
“ What is this but a click-beetle ! 
If upon its back you lay it, 
Up it leaps with sudden snapping: 
Now examine its antenna;. 
They are slim throughout and seiTate, 
Serrate, that is notched or saw-like: 
These may all be called click-beetles, 
Clicks or snaps, Elatehina.” 
