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L'atropo testa di morto : Acherontia atropos / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.

Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.

La sfinge del ligustro : Sphynx ligustri / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.

A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Endromis e Catocala : Endromis versicolor e catocala sponsa / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.

A large paeony (Paeonia species) surrounded by various flowers and moths. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.

Various insects and flowers illustrating a frontispiece. Engraving by C. H. Hemerich.

Two moths, one a swallow-tail and one possibly a marvel-du-jour (Agriopis species). Stipple engraving with etching.

Le Zigene e il Trochillo : Zygaena lonicerae e Trochilium / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.

A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

The Tineina of Syria and Asia Minor / by H.T. Stainton.

A moth-hunter's gossip / by P.B.M. Allan.

Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Five butterflies and moths, including the atlas moth (Attacus atlas) and orange-tip (Anthocharis sp.). Coloured lithograph by J. Delarue after himself.

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The Tineina of Syria and Asia Minor / by H.T. Stainton.

A moth-hunter's gossip / by P.B.M. Allan.

Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Five butterflies and moths, including the atlas moth (Attacus atlas) and orange-tip (Anthocharis sp.). Coloured lithograph by J. Delarue after himself.