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A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.

Wild garlic plant (Allium ursinum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A lantern bug (Fulgora laternaria) with eight different beetles surrounding it. Nine coloured engravings.

Large Christmas bell (Blandifordia grandiflora)... : Christmas bush (Ceratopetalum gummiferum)... : mistletoe (muellerina eucalyptifolia)... : Christmas beetle / designed by Strom Gould.

A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A leopard facing left surrounded by various named flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1662, after himself.

A beetle and its larva with anatomical segments. Coloured engraving, ca. 1834.

Seven insects, including an earwig, a glow worm and four different beetles. Engraving by G. F. Schroeder, ca. 1822.

A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Thrift flower (Armeria species) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Fifteen different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.

A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Three beetles and an earwig. Four coloured engravings.

A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

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A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Fifteen different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.

A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Three beetles and an earwig. Four coloured engravings.

A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.