THE SUBSTITUTE. 
“ Tell 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, 
Clambering on the grass and flowers ; 
Here is one upon your trowsers.” 
“ They are called Telephorina 5 
They are soft and very tender, 
Not at all like hard-cased beetles ; 
Their antenneE are quite simple. 
Neither serrated nor club-like. 
“ Pray remember all these beetles, 
These nine tribes which I have showed you. 
Always have the feet live-jointed. 
“ Now then come a tribe so diverse 
That I cannot well describe them ; 
Their antennae greatly vary, 
Some are tapering, some are clnb-like. 
Some are comb-like, some are saw-like, 
Some are thread-like, some are fan-like, 
But their feet are always constant. 
Fore and middle pairs five-jointed. 
Hind pair always but four-jointed : 
Let us fix on what to call them, 
Heteromera, Bla.psina; 
These two names are sometimes given, 
But I think I like Blapsina. 
“ Next in order come the Weevils, 
Little elephants long-snouted. 
And their snouts antennae bearing ; 
The antennae, too, are elbowed, 
First bent backwards and then forwards; 
We can call them snouts or weevils. 
Or else Curculionina. 
“ These are followed by the long-horns ; 
This is one so sweetly scented. 
Scented like the oil of roses. 
Oil or attar as you like it; 
This is called the great musk -beetle. 
But they are not all sweet-smelling. 
Yet they all have long antennae. 
Longer even than the body, 
I.ong and gently tapering outwards ; 
These we call Cerambycina. 
“ Look at these plump shining beauties, 
Fat and round as any dumpling, 
