Mayfly magnified through microscope 1, fanfooted or fan-foot moth, Herminia tarsipennalis 2, mayfly 3, scarce burnished brass, Diachrysia chryson 4, green carpet, Colostygia pectinataria 5, clouded border, Lomaspilis marginata 6, and streamer, Anticlea derivata 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Moses Harris from his own Exposition of English Insects, Including the several Classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, or Bees, Flies and Libellulae, White and Robson, London, 1782.

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