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  • Hedge mustard plant (Sisymbrium tenuifolium) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A cat's-ear plant (Hypochaeris radicata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Seven animals from Japan, including two frogs, a snail, a slug, a water-bug and a silver fish. Gouache painting.
  • A flowering fuchsia (Fuchsia coccinea) and a planthopper insect (Fulgora diadema) in both pupal and adult state. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.
  • Six crustaceans, including the Hermit lobster, the Norway lobster and the Long-clawed lobster. Engraving by J. Record.
  • Quaking grass (Briza minor) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • An allseed plant (Radiola linoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A helleborine plant (Epipactis grandiflora) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A spurge plant (Euphorbia portlandica) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Lady's bedstraw plant (Galium verum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A sandwort plant (Arenaria serpyllifolia) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A small fern with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Skull cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria minor) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A fern with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis) 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.
  • A snapdragon plant (Antirrhinum orontium) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A plant (Bartsia viscosa) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Buyers collecting their purchases after a sale of insects. Photogravure by Hanfstaengl after E. Armitage.
  • A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A sedge (Carex dioica) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Thrift flower (Armeria species) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Levant or wild madder plant (Rubia peregrina) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A plant (Matthiola sinuata) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Calamint plant (Calamintha species) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.