Great silver water beetle, Hydrophilus piceus 1, Dytiscus latissimus 2, Hydroporus marginatus 3, Graphoderus cinereus 4, Dytiscus caraboides 5, Acilius sulcatus 6, Laccophilus minutus 7, Agabus bipustulatus (D. bipustulus) 8, and Agabus uliginosus 9. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row, London, January 1, 1814.

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