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Tailed flower bee (1. Anthophora furcata),Long-horn flower bee (2. Sarapoda bimaculata) and Thumbnail bee (3. Certina caerulea).

Scarlet Tiger Moth, pahlaena dominula and Hound’s Tongue, cynoglossum officinale.

Peacock Butterfly, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-4) and the Camberwell Beauty Butterfly, underside and caterpillar. (5-7).

Grasshopper, Locust and Lucifer bug:Truxalis miniata, Acridium moetum and Tetrix lucifer with segment details.

Emperor Moth, phalena pavonia and a White fruit Bramble branch, rubus fruticosa.

Small Cabbage White Butterfly, female, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-5) and the Green veined White Butterfly, female, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (6-10).

Colias rhamni with two varieties of Eurymus hyale.

Locusts (Gryllus): G.bisasciatus, G bimaculatus, G granulatus, G leucostictos, G. griseus, G binotatus and Acheta. Engraved by John Pass.

Papillons à queue – Le chapelet bleu de cayenne, l’écharpe de la Guadeloupe, La veuve, La palatine, Phaline, Phalène chauve, Souris de la chine, Le Frangiver. Plate 18:

Brazilian Swallow-tail Butterfly with caterpillar: Protesilaus Leilus.

Dragonflies: Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica and Northern Emerald Somatochlora arctica.

Tarantula (Arachne): Faciata (Barbary) Spider in its web with young and insects. Engraved by John Pass.

Cramer’s Rhetus: Two views. Rhetus Cramerii from Bahia.

Emerald spreadwing; Lestes dryas, and Comman spreadwing; Lestes sponsa.

Brimstone Butterfly, papilia rhamn and a Buckthorn branch, rhamnus catharticus.

Damselflies: Scarce blue tail Ischnura pumilio and and common blue tail Ischnura elegans

Greater Cockroach brought by Catesby from the Carolinas and a Cricket from Barbary.

Arpidea Chorinaea. Butterfly with Caterpiller and Crysalis.

Red Damselfy; Pyrrhosoma nymphula and Small Red Damselfly; Pyrrhosoma tenellum.

Spilosoma acrea and Arctia Oculatissima. With chrysalis and caterpillar.

Great Tortoise Shell Butterfly, papilia chloros and an Elm branch, ulmus campestris.

Madagascan Sunset Moth: Urania Riphaeus.

Great Morman Butterfly with caterpillar: Papilio Memnon from India.

Locusts (Gryllus): G. foliaceus, Acrydium, G bipunctatus, G fabulatus, G. opacus. Engraved by John Pass.

Cynthia juliana, Anaartia amalthea and Junonia orthosia butterflies.

Acrida Viridissima, Acrida verrucivora, Pterophylla ocellata.

Swallowtail, Easter Festoon, and Phoebus Apollo: Papilio Duponcheli, Allancastria cerisyi and Parnassius phoebus with segmented details and caterpillars.

Killima huttoni, Neptis nicomedes and Thaleropus ionia.

Yellow under-wing White Butterfly; Pieris (Melete) Limnobia from Rio de Janeiro.

Caterpillars on the Woody Nightshade and the Larkspur with chrysalises, flies and moths.

Deroplatys disiccata.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-4) and the Comma Butterfly underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (5-8).

Giant butterfly moth, Papua day-flying night moth, and Joseph’s Coat moth. Castinia Japyx, Cocytia durvillii and Agarista agricola.Castinia Japyx, Cocytia durvillii and Agarista agricola.

Golden ringed Dragonfly, Cordulegaster annulatus. Male and female.

Moth, phalaena monacha and the Apple Tree, pyrus malus.

Privet Hawk Moth, phynx ligustrtri populi and a Privet branch, ligustrum vulgare.

Ctenophora flabellata Asilus crabroniformis, laphria gigas, mallephore infernnalis and Midas giganteus with segment details.

Mason bee (1. Osmia bicolor), Poppy bee ( 2. Anthocopa Papaveris), and Scissor bee (3. Osmia leucomelana).

Insects (Entymology): Orders of Linneas. The Coleopterous male 1, femaile 2, Hemipterous male 3, female 4, with egs and larvae, Lepidopterous 5, 6, eggs 7-9, Neuropterous male 10, female 11, Hymenopterous male12 female 13, Dipterous male 14 , female 15 Apterous female 16, male 17, Engraved by John Pass.

Unicorn or Bindweed Hawk Moth, sphynx tillae and the Guernsey Lily, amarylis sarniensi.

Le Veuve et La Palatine. Plate 20.

Olive shade Moth, spynx tilliae and a small leaved lime tree branch, tiliae europaea.

Red Underwing on a Willow with chrysalis and moths.

Pieris nigrina from Australia.

Earwig; Madiera roach and Praying Mantis; Foricula biguttata, Blatta maderae, Mantis oratoria with segment details.

Callidryas Eubule andTerias Mexicana.

On the White-thorn Tree and the Gooseberry bush with chrysalis and moths.

Caterpillar on the African Marigold with chrysalis and moths.

Clouded Yellow Butterfly, female, underside, a variety of, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-6) and the Pale Clouded Yellow Butterfly, female and caterpillar. (7-9).

Bees (Apis): Queen, drone and worker 1-3, details of legs 5-6, Combs 7,8,9,21, stinger 10, ovary 11, eggs to larvae 12-17, larvae to nymph 18-20. Engraved by John Pass.

Marsh Ringlet Butterfly, underside (1-3), Small Heath Butterfly underside, caterpillar (4-5) and the White Admiral Butterfly underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (6-9).

Iliades agenor and Parides oeneas.

Papilio Harrisianus from Brazil, two views. Named after Moses Harris.

White Dragontail, Metalmark, Birdwing, Imperial Hairstreak, Blue Copper, Grecian copper and Duke of Burgundy butterflies: Lamproptera curius, Erycina Morissei, Diophtalma Cresus, Thecla Evagoras, Lyceana heteronea, Polyommatus Ottomatus and Nemcobius Lucina.

Peacock Pansy, Wood Nymph, Colour Sergeant, and the Cardinal butterfly: Junonia almana, Ideopsis juventa, Limenitis Jadera and Argynnnis Pandora.

Large Blue Butterfly, female, underside (1-3) and the Chalkhill Blue Butterfly underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (5-8).

Satin Moth, Fidonia moth, Magpie moth, Argent & Sable moth and Large Emerald moth: Phalaena Magnificaria, Fidonia plumistaria, Zerene Grossularia, Melanippe Hastaria and Geometra Papilionaria.

Leilus Occidentalis from Jamaica.

Dragonflies: Mooland Hawker dragonfly Aeschna juncea. Male and female.

Argynnis aglaia and Breathis euphrosyne. Two examples of each.

Caterpillars on an Oak Tree and another on the Wild Rose with chrysalises and moths.

Sphaenogena mexicana and Calldrayas.