Drury Collection (#4)

Exotic dragonflies and skimmers
Carolina saddlebags dragonfly, Tramea carolina 1, ebony jewelwing, Calopteryx maculata 2, seaside dragonlet, Erythrodiplax berenice 3, slender skimmer, Orthetrum sabina 4, and 12-spotted skimmer

Exotic dragonflies, darners and skimmers
Dragonfly larval forms 1, 2, 3, common whitetail dragonfly, Libellula lydia 4, green darner, Anax junius 5, and scarlet skimmer or crimson darter, Crocothemis servilia 6

Exotic antlion lacewings and fishfly
Antlion lacewing species: Palpares libelluloides 1, Euptilon ornatum 2, fishfly species, Chauliodes pectinicornis 3, and lacy wings, Vella americana 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Flies, wasps and dauber
Mydas fly, Mydas clavatus 1, horsefly, Tabanus americanus 2, 3, digger wasp, Sphex jamaicensis 4, scoliid wasp, Scolia fossulana 5, and black and yellow mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium imago 6

Exotic insects
Jewel bug, Poecilocoris druraei 1, 5, Galerita americana 2, snout weevil, Brenthus minutus 3, magnified 7, and Casnonia longicollis, natural size 4, magnified 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Leopard and red lacewing butterflies
Leopard lacewing, Cethosia cyane 1, and red lacewing butterfly, Cethosia biblis 2, ventral and dorsal views. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic longhorn beetles
Longhorn beetles: Stenodontes damicornis 1, hardwood stump borer, Mallodon dasystomus 2, Nothopleurus maxillosus 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Scarab beetles: Copris sulcatus 1, Carolina copris, Dichotomius carolinus 2, rainbow scarab beetle, Phanaeus carnifex 3, male 4, female 5, small black dung beetle, Copris minutus 6

Goliath beetle, Goliathus giganteus. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Hercules beetle and sculptured pine borer
Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules male 1, female 2, and sculptured pine borer, Chalcophora virginiensis 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Black witch and salt marsh moth
Black witch, Erebus odora 1, and salt marsh moth, Estigmene acrea, female 2, male 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn

Satellite sphinx and spurge hawkmoth
Satellite sphinx, Eumorpha satellitia, female 1, male 2, and spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic sphinx moths
Vine sphinx moth, Eumorpha vitis 1, mournful sphinx, Enyo lugubris 2, tersa sphinx, Xylophanes tersa 3, and streaked sphinx, Protambulyx strigilis 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Luna and ornate moths
Luna moth, Actias luna 1, and ornate moth, Utetheisa ornatrix 2, 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Exotic butterflies
Hooked copper, Phasis thero 1, metalmark butterfly, Riodina lysippus 2, large faun, Faunis eumeus 3, and common nawab, Charaxes athamas 4, ventral and dorsal views

Exotic butterflies including the palamedes swallowtail
Palamedes swallowtail butterfly, Papilio palamedes 1, 2, Antillea pelops 3, 4, and Caribbean duskywing, Ephyriades arcas arcas 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic moths including cecropia
Cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia 2, Limacodes ? arenacea moth 1, arge tiger moth, Grammia arge 3, fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea 4, and goldenrod flower moth, Schinia nundina 5

Gold rim swallowtail and red ring skirt butterfly
Gold rim swallowtail butterfly, Battus polydamas 1, 2, and red ring skirt, Hestina assimilis 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Azure hawker and exotic insects
Azure hawker, Aeshna caerulea 1, Lampyris gigantea 2, Phoraspis picta 3, and lantern fly, Phrictus diadema 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Blue admiral, rustic and evening brown butterflies
Blue admiral, Kaniska canace 1, 2, rustic butterfly, Cupha erymanthis 3, 4, and common evening brown, Melanitis leda 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Titan and other exotic beetles
Titan beetle, Titanus giganteus 1, Heilipus? scalaris 2, Cosmisoma plumicorne 3, Cyphus 16-punctatus 4, and Solenopus cacicus 5. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Elater beetles: Tetralobus flabellicornis 1, Agrypnus quadrimaculatus 2, Cardiophorus? pictus 3, Semiotus ligneus 4, Semiotus suturalis 5, and Chalcolepidus porcatus 6

Exotic beetles
Ectrichodia barbicornis 1, Cerbus falx 2, Diactor latipes 3, Hammatocerus purcis 4, Cerbus sanctus 5, Raphigaster validus 6, Cerbus umbrosus 7, and Hammatocerus conspicillaris 8

Flower beetle and other exotic beetles
Flower beetle, Mecynorrhinella torquata 1, Agrilinus rufus 2, Rutela lineola 3, and Macraspis cincta 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

African flower mantis and exotic beetles
African flower mantis, Pseudocreobotra ocellata Mantis Harpax ocellaria 1, Pentatoma bicolorata 2, Cerbus? flaveolus 3, Diaspidius scapha 4, and Pyrrhocoris princeps 5

Spider wasps, digger wasp and carpenter ant
Spider wasp, Pepsis atrox 1, digger wasp, Sphex sericeus 2, queen carpenter ant, Camponotus fervidus 3, and African spider wasp, Pepsis severa 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Antlion, Palpares libelluloides. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Antlion, Palpares libelluloides

Royal goliath beetle, Goliathus regius. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Great eggly and iphiclus sister butterfly
Great eggfly or blue moon butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina 1, 2, and Iphiclus sister, Adelpha iphiclus 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Owl moth, Thysania zenobia. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Owl moth, Thysania zenobia

Brilliant nymph, alphaea nymph and doriclea nymph
Brilliant nymph, Cynandra opis Nymphalis afer 1, 2, Papilio Nymphalis alphaea 3, 4, and doriclea nymph, Euriphene doriclea, Nymphalis doriclaea 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Orange kite swallowtail, Pierella nereis
Orange kite swallowtail, Protographium thyastes 1, Pierella nereis, male, upper side 2, under side 3, and swallowtail butterfly, Protographium asius 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Dactyloceras lucina moth and common silverspot butterfly
Dactyloceras lucina moth 1, and common silverspot butterfly, Aphnaeus orcas, upper side 2, under side 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Eudoxus charaxes and western nightfighter
Eudoxus charaxes butterfly, Nymphalis Charaxes eudoxus mechowi, upper side 1, under side 4, and western nightfighter, Artitropa comus, Hesperia helops, dorsal 2, ventral 3

Karkloof emperor or pearl emperor butterfly, Charaxes varanes Nymphalis varanes, upper side 1, under side 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Black-bordered charaxes, Charaxes pollux, upper side 1, under side 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Regal fritillary and fiery skipper butterfly
Regal fritillary butterfly, Speyeria idalia, female 1, 3, and male 2, and the fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus 4, 5. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic moths including Eustera brachyura
Eustera brachyura silk moth 1, grapevine epimenis, Psychomorpha epimenis 2, Lithosia? ino 3, and Aletis helcita 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Laodice untailed charaxes and phaleros hairstreak
Laodice untailed charaxes, Charaxes lycurgus, upper side 1, under side 2, and phaleros hairstreak, Panthiades phaleros, male, upper side 3, under side 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Lobobunaea phaedusa moth, upper side. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Common blue charaxes and blind eighty-eight moth
Common blue charaxes, Charaxes tiridates, upper side 1, under side 2, and blind eighty-eight, Haematera pyrame pyrame 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Western glider and gaudy commodore butterfly
Western glider, Cymothoe althea, Nymphalis althea, under side 1, upper side 2, and gaudy commodore, Precis octavia Vanessa amestris 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Paris peacock and mottled emigrant butterfly
Paris peacock butterfly, Papilio paris 1, 2, and mottled emigrant, Catopsilia pyranthe? 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Pseudobunaea alinda moth. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Pseudobunaea alinda moth

Clouded bemastistes, glassy acraea and white
Clouded bemastistes, Bematistes umbra 1, 2, common glassy acraea, Acraea quirina 3, 4, and white acraea, Acraea circeis 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Tiger leafwing, orsis bluewing and Ceretes thais moth
Tiger leafwing, Consul fabius Nymphalis hippona, upper side 1, under side 2, orsis bluewing, Myscelia orsis Nymphalis orsis male 3, and Ceretes thais moth, Castnia thais 4

Morpho and hydaspes eighty-eight butterfly
Morpho butterfly, Morpho laertes 1, and hydaspes eighty-eight or little callicore, Callicore hydaspes 2, 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Pink acraea, large spotted acraea and yellow clearwing
Pink acraea butterfly, Acraea caecilia 1, 2, large spotted acraea, Acraea zetes 3, 4, and yellow clearwing, Scada karschina 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

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