Green silver-lines, Pseudoips prasinana, and mocha moth, Cyclophora annularia, feeding on maple leaves, Acer campestris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorphoses of Insects), J. Sluyter, Amsterdam, 1774. For this second edition, M. Houttuyn added another eight plates to the original 25.

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