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Beetles

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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.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    | Date: 1 April 1830 | Reference: 24044i
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    Fifteen different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.

    | Reference: 42239i
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    A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 July 1830 | Reference: 24055i
    • Books

    A monograph of the beetles associated with stored products / by H.E. Hinton.

    Hinton, H. E. (Howard Everest), 1912-1977. | Date: 1945-
    • Books

    Bionomics, systematics, and phylogeny of Lytta : a genus of blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) / Richard B. Selander.

    Selander, Richard Brent, 1927- | Date: 1960
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