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

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

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

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

A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A meadow rue plant (Thalictrum flavum) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A lily (Lilium persicum): flowering stem with butterfly, moth and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A flowering branch of medlar (Mespilus germanica) with butterfly, chrysalis and caterpillar of a Papilio species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1816.

A pine tree shoot (Pinus species) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A variety of insects including beetles, moths, wasps and flies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.

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.

Insecta britannica. [Vol. III], Lepidoptera tineina / by H.T. Stainton.

The Lady Blake Collection : catalogue of Lady Edith Blake's collection of drawings of Jamaican lepidoptera and plants / C.V. Ellwood & J.M.V. Harvey.

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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.

Insecta britannica. [Vol. III], Lepidoptera tineina / by H.T. Stainton.

The Lady Blake Collection : catalogue of Lady Edith Blake's collection of drawings of Jamaican lepidoptera and plants / C.V. Ellwood & J.M.V. Harvey.

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