Carrion beetles, black snail beetle, etc

Carrion beetle, Silpha 4-punctata 1, black snail beetle, Silpha atrata 2, Helophorus aquaticus 4, Thanatophilus rugosus 5, Nicrophorus germanicus 6, Thanatophilus sinuatus 7, Soronia grisea 8, Omosita depressa 9, Silpha laevigata 10, red-breasted carrion beetle, Oiceoptoma thoracicum 11, and Silpha obscura 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Thomas Martyn's The English Entomologist, Exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England, Academy for Illustrating and Painting Natural History, London, 1792

1792 18th Century Aquatica Beetle Cabinet Of Curiosities Coleoptera Depressa Enlightenment Entomology Germanica Obscura Rugosa Scientific Illustration Sinuata The English Entomologist Thomas Martyn

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