Above, three fish, four chitons (marine molluscs), a chimaera (a cartilaginous fish of the family Chimeridae), a chrysis (quiescent pupa of butterfly or moth), a cicada, two clematis flowers and three insects; below, flowers and sprig of the coccoloba and a male and a female cochineal insect. Engraving by Heath.

Wellcome Collection

Above, three fish, four chitons (marine molluscs), a chimaera (a cartilaginous fish of the family Chimeridae), a chrysis (quiescent pupa of butterfly or moth), a cicada, two clematis flowers and three insects; below, flowers and sprig of the coccoloba and a male and a female cochineal insect. Engraving by Heath.

1806

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionWellcome Collection

Lettering: Natural history. Coryphaena... Heath sc.

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