Exotic Collection (#98)

Philodendron verrucosum (Philodendron daguense). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1873

Dumb cane, Dieffenbachia bowmannii (Dieffenbachia latimaculata). Drawn from nature and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1873

Gliddons Cigar Divan, established February 1825 (engraving)
558203 Gliddons Cigar Divan, established February 1825 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gliddons Cigar Divan)

The restaurant of Murrays Hotel, c. 1908 (silver gelatin print)
MNY380687 The restaurant of Murrays Hotel, c.1908 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 20.3x25.4 cm; Museum of the City of New York, USA; (add.info.: Murrays Hotel, 42nd Street)

Study of a Peacock Feather, 1873 (w / c on paper)
SAG380379 Study of a Peacock Feather, 1873 (w/c on paper) by Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust

A Fish, El Hudderi Imbo (gouache over graphite on paper)
XYC289244 A Fish, El Hudderi Imbo (gouache over graphite on paper) by Bruce, James (Abyssinian Bruce) (1730-94); Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; British, out of copyright

Dragon stick insect and Stagmomantis domingensis
Dragon stick insect, Haplopus jamaicensis 1, and Stagmomantis domingensis 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London

Damselfly, carpenter bee and potter wasp
Helicopter damselfly, Mecistogaster lucretia 1, tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes 2, and potter wasp, Synagris cornuta, male 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Dragonflies and skimmers
Dragonflies: bar-winged skimmer, Libellula axilena 1, halloween pennant, Celithemis eponina 2, portia widow dragonfly, Palpopleura portia 3, and fulvous forest skimmer, Neurothemis fulvia 4

Giant grasshopper, Tropidacris dux. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Schizodactylus monstrosus and giant tobacco cricket
Schizodactylus monstrosus cricket 1, and giant tobacco cricket, Brachytrupes membranaceus 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic crickets and grasshoppers
Eupropacris coeruleus grasshopper 1, Chromacris miles 2, and Gryllacris tessellata 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic weevils
Stem-boring weevil, Hadroplontus litura 1, 2, Curculio longipes weevil, Calandra serrirostris male? 3, and Phyllobius oblongus 4, 5. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Macleays swallowtail, dark umber and chain-dotted geometer
Macleays swallowtail moth, Lyssa macleayi (underside) 1, dark umber, Philereme transversata 2, and grey chain-dotted geometer, Cingilia catenaria 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic moths including the achemon sphinx
Achemon sphinx, Eumorpha achemon 1, Macroglossum passalus 2, Glaucopis? pulchra 3, and Manduca brontes 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Fig sphinx, huckleberry sphinx and pawpaw sphinx moths
Fig sphinx moth, Pachylia ficus 1, huckleberry sphinx, Paonias astylus 2, and pawpaw sphinx, Dolba hyloeus 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Giant sphinx and twin-spotted sphinx moths
Giant sphinx moth, Cocytius antaeus Sphinx antaeus 1, and twin-spotted sphinx, Smerinthus jamaicensis 2, 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Madagascan sunset moth and pan hairstreak
Madagascan sunset moth, Chrysiridia rhipheus 1, 2, and pan hairstreak, Electrostrymon pan 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Great eggfly and perseis mimic forester butterflies
Great eggfly or blue moon butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, female Nymphalis jacintha 1, 2, and perseis mimic forester, Euphaedra perseis Nymphalis perseis 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Amesia sanguiflua and milkweed tiger moth
Amesia sanguiflua moth 1, 2, milkweed tiger, Euchaetes egle 3, and Noctua chera moth of Surinam 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Jamaican banner, soldier pansy and brilliant
Jamaican banner butterfly, Lucinia cadma 1, 2, soldier pansy or soldier commodore, Junonia terea 3, 4, and brilliant nymph, Acraea circeis 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Spotted joker, calypso white and silver emperor butterflies
Spotted joker butterfly, Biblia ilithyia 1, 2, calypso white, Belenois calypso 3, 4, and silver emperor, Doxocopa laure 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Western blue-banded forester and African giant skipper
Western blue-banded forester, Euphaedra eupalus (Nymphalis erithonius) 1, 2, and African giant skipper, Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Hesperia iphis) 3, 4, ventral and dorsal

Exotic moths including Imbrasia epimethea
Imbrasia epimethea (Saturnia epimethea) 1, pink-striped oakworm moth, Anisota virginiensis (Dryocampa virginiensis) 2, Crameria aegocera (Aegocera amabilis) 3

Exotic moths including the promethea silkworm
Promethea silkmoth, Callosamia promethea (Saturnia promethea) male, dorsal 1, ventral 2, Pitthea famula (Callimorpha? famula) 3, and Antheua servula (Odonestis? servula) 4

Indian fritillary butterfly, Argynnis hyperbius, female 1, male 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Western emperor swallowtail and Indian sunbeam
Western emperor swallowtail, Papilio menestheus 1, 2, and Indian sunbeam, Curetis thetis (Thecla thetis), female 3, 4, ventral and dorsal views. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Blue diadem and redbase jezebel
Blue diadem butterfly, Hypolimnas salmacis (Nymphalis salmacis) 1, 2, ventral and dorsal, and redbase jezebel, Delias pasithoe (Pieris pasithoe) 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Tree-nymph, large smoky acraea and glasswing
Tree-nymph butterfly, Idea lynceus (Idaea lyncea) 1, large smoky acraea, Acraea camaena 2, and glasswing, Ithomia drymo (Heliconia diaphana) 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic moths including the ailanthus silkmoth
Large emerald pearl, Stemorrhages sericea (Botys Desmia? sericea) 1, ailanthus silkmoth, Samia cynthia (Saturnia cynthia) 2, Crotalaria pod borer, Argina astrea (Deiopeia astrea) 3

Exotic moths including the tasar silkmoth
Tasar silkmoth, Antheraea mylitta (Saturnia mylitta) 1, specious tiger moth, Asota speciosa (Noctua? speciosa) 2, and Hypocrita pylotis (Callimorpha? pylotis) 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Green-banded swallowtail and spotted fritillary butterfly
Green-banded swallowtail butterfly, Papilio nireus 1, 2, and spotted fritillary, Melitaea didyma (Melitaea cytheris) 3, 4, ventral and dorsal. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic butterflies including the Madagascar
Madagascar giant swallowtail, Pharmacophagus antenor (Papilio antenor) 1, hairstreak butterfly, Thecla sylvanus 2, 3, and white-banded babul blue, Azanus isis (Polyommatus isis) 4, 5

Common brown morpho and falsehead butterfly
Common brown morpho, Antirrhea philoctetes (Haetera philoctetes) 1, 2, wing 3, common falsehead butterfly, Oxylides faunus (Thecla faunus) female 4, 5, ventral and dorsal views

Mantis and stick insects
Conehead mantis, Empusa pennicornis 1, wandering violin mantis, Gongylus gongylodes 2, common walkingstick insect, Diapheromera femorata 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Hunter s, orange tip and grey pansy butterflies
Hunters butterfly, Pyrameis huntera 1, orange-tip butterfly, Pieris (Thestias) pyrene? 2, and grey pansy butterfly, Junonia atlites 3. Illustration drawn and engraved by Moses Harris

African and brown-spotted locusts
African locust, Phymateus cinctus 1, and brown spotted locust, Cyrtacanthacris tatarica? 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

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

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

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

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