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  • Three mosses (Neckera species) with anatomical detail and five carrion eater beetles (Necydalis species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1818.
  • Microscopy: diagrams illustrating insects and parts of insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Seven animals from Japan, including two frogs, a snail, a slug, a water-bug and a silver fish. Gouache painting.
  • Microscopy: parts of a louse [?]. Engraving [after R. Hooke?].
  • The guinea worm and insects of central America. Pencil drawing by Thomas Malie, c. 1730.
  • A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • The plague of insects. Coloured etching.
  • A bael tree (Aegle marmelos) with sectioned fruit, a dancefly (Empis livida) and three worms (Enchelis species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1804, after J. Ihle.
  • Seven insects of the Orthoptera order, mostly grasshoppers. 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.
  • Fifteen different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.
  • Beetle. Watercolour, 1777/1783.
  • Various insects, serpents and multi-legged animals below a row of leaves with flowers; an image from a graphic Illustration competition by Etchepareborda François by the Groupe SIDA Genève. Colour lithograph.
  • Textiles: women in a garden sorting silkworm eggs for incubation. Engraving by B. Cole, 1749.
  • Ten insects, including an ichneumon, a gnat and a king, a queen, a labourer and a soldier ant. Engraving by G. F. Schroeder, ca. 1822.
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, feeding the silkworms. Engraving.
  • Mango (Mangifera indica L.) flower and fruit with a purple-eyed butterfly (Papilio sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1768.
  • A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Snapdragon flower (Antirrhinum majus) with five species of bee. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
  • Three daffodils, including the wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus): flowering stems with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A flowering queen-flower (Lagerstroemia speciosa) with five glow-worms (Lampyris species) and a snake (Langaya species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1812.
  • A large insect with a message indicating that AIDS is not transmitted through bug bites; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • A grasshopper on a grass plant stem. Watercolour.
  • Textiles: a cotton spinning wheel, a stove, and two insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • A golden-winged flycatcher (bird) catching an insect. Watercolour by J.C. Lettsom, 1757.
  • Papaw or papaya (Carica papaya): flowering branch, sectioned fruit and insect. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • A tropical orchid (Epidendrum tessellatum), three day-flies (Ephemera species) and a small beetle (Erodius species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1804, after J. Ihle.
  • Insects: classified varieties and stages of development, including larvae, beetles and butterflies. Coloured lithograph, 1875 (?).