Ground beetles. Lebia cruxminor 23, Leistus ferrugineus 24, Anchomenus dorsalis 25, Calathus melanocephalus 26, Stomis rostratus 27, European dark harp ground beetle Pterostichus melanarius 28, granulate ground beetle, Carabus granulatus 30, oolite downy-back, Ophonus stictus 31, etc. 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.

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