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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.
  • Eleven colourful beetles from Penang. Coloured etching by E. W. Robinson, ca. 1866, after himself.
  • A lily (Lilium persicum): flowering stem with butterfly, moth and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A variety of insect life including beetles, wasps and dragonflies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.
  • An allseed plant (Radiola linoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A palm weevil: adult, larva and pupa in palm fibres. Etching by W. Kelsall after the Revd. L. Guilding.
  • Nine different scarabaeid beetles. Coloured engraving by J. Newton, ca. 1780, after J. Barbut.
  • Flowers, stem and leaf of a tropical plant (Dillenia pentagyna) and five skin beetles (Dermestes species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after J. Ihle.
  • A variety of insects including beetles, moths, wasps and flies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.
  • A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Bahama whitewood tree (Canella winterana): flowering and fruiting branch and beetle. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
  • Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.
  • Six soldier beetles (Cantharis species). Engraving.
  • A plant (Matthiola sinuata) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A fungal fruiting body (Coprinus species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A sugar cane boring beetle: adult, pupa and larva in sugar cane. Etching by W. Raddon after the Revd. L. Guilding.
  • A lion surrounded by flowers and insects. Etching by J. Dunstall, 1663, after W. Hollar.