Big-eyed beetle, Notiophilus biguttatus, backswimmer, Nononecta species, nummulite fossil, darkling beetle, Nyctelia species, bat fly, Nycteribia species. Plants: nostoc algae, Nostoc commune, marvel of Peru, Mirabilis jalapa. Nostoc, Notiophile, Notonecte, Nummulite, Nyctage, Nyctelie, Nycteribie. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39.

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