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Sunday, December 29, 2024

1. Dynastes Hercules (Male); 2. Dynastes Hercules (Female); 3. Buprestis (Chalcophora) Virginiensis.

 


Illustrations of exotic entomology, containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties

Date Issued: 1837

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6f3b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

By FourFingerWu at 12/29/2024 02:55:00 PM
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