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Red Underwing on a Willow with chrysalis and moths.

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

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.

Locusts (Gryllus): G. foliaceus, Acrydium, G bipunctatus, G fabulatus, G. opacus. 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:

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

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

Spilosoma acrea and Arctia Oculatissima. With chrysalis and caterpillar.

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

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

Great Morman Butterfly with caterpillar: Papilio Memnon from India.

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

Brazilian Swallow-tail Butterfly with caterpillar: Protesilaus Leilus.

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

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

Killima huttoni, Neptis nicomedes and Thaleropus ionia.

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

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

Le Veuve et La Palatine. Plate 20.

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

Iliades agenor and Parides oeneas.

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

Pieris nigrina from Australia.

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

Bumblebees: Ruderal (1. Bombus Harrisellus), Northern European (2. Bombus Lapponicus), Knapweed caper (3. Bombus sylvarum) and European honeybee (4. Apis mellifica)

Arpidea Chorinaea. Butterfly with Caterpiller and Crysalis.

Bees: Humble bee (Bumblebee): Bombus terrestris.

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

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

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

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

Golden ringed Dragonfly, Cordulegaster annulatus. Male and female.

Bees: Large shaggy (1. Panurgus Banksianus), Long horned (2. Eucera longicornis), and Potter flower (3. Anthophora retusa).

Sphaenogena mexicana and Calldrayas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acrida Viridissima, Acrida verrucivora, Pterophylla ocellata.

Deroplatys disiccata.

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

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.

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

Bumblebees: Ruderal (1. Bombus Harrisellus), Northern European (2. Bombus Lapponicus), Knapweed caper (3. Bombus sylvarum) and European honeybee (4. Apis mellifica)

Cynthia juliana, Anaartia amalthea and Junonia orthosia butterflies.

Caterpillar on the African Marigold with chrysalis and moths.

Argynnis aglaia and Breathis euphrosyne. Two examples of each.

Bees: Orange tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and a Cander Bumblebee (Bombus muscorium).

Colias rhamni with two varieties of Eurymus hyale.

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

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.

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

Madagascan Sunset Moth: Urania Riphaeus.

Callidryas Eubule andTerias Mexicana.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Leilus Occidentalis from Jamaica.

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