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  • A long-horned beetle (Dynastes hercules). Coloured etching.
  • A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A flowering pepperwort plant (Lepidium species) with a cup fungus, two silverfish, a fish larva and wood-beetle. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.
  • A campion plant (Silene gallica) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A fruiting tropical plant (Duroia eriophila) and five water beetles (Dytiscus species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after M. Merian.
  • A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A large elephant with a monkey on its back and various flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • Three daffodils (Narcissus species): flowering stems with a butterfly and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Six different beetles. Six coloured engravings.
  • A corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A small fern with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Frog-bit plant (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) with an associated water-beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Skull cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria minor) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Dog rose (Rosa canina) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A liverwort (Hepaticae species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Seven insects, including a grasshopper, praying mantid and stag-beetle. Gouache painting.
  • Three mosses (Neckera species) with anatomical detail and five carrion eater beetles (Necydalis species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1818.
  • Bastard alkanet plant (Lithospermum arvense) with an associated beetle, its larva and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Six beetles including a stag beetle. Coloured engraving by I. O. W.
  • A broomrape plant (Orobanche caerulea) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis): flowering plant with butterfly and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A snake's head or guinea flower (Fritillaria meleagris) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • 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.
  • A fern with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Ox-tongue plant (Picris echioides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Fifteen different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus annuus) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Sea beet plant (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.