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A curious hornet's nest from Surinam

Un scarabée capricorne blanc avec des rayes canelles de la baye de Honduras
Trans.: A white capricorn scarab with cinnamon rays from the Bay of Honduras

A Collection of Insects from the East Indies

Une grand cigale de cette province [Pennsylvania]
Trans.: A large cicada from this province [Pennsylvania]

diamond beetle

That brilliant insect the diamond-beatle, from the Brazils, is placed in the Museum, with convenient magnifiers for viewing it to advantage.

Some Butterflies received from Monsi[eu]r Houville, of the City of Havre in exchange for American Subjects sent to him Decr. 6. 1818

A large collection of European Insects

Cetonia vestita

A collection of Insects from St. Domingue

Two curious insects in Spirit

A specimen of Myrmelean [myrmeleon], in spirit of wine, from Norfolk Virginia

3 papilions [butterflies]

Un Scarabée cornu comme celui de caroline du isles de Bahama
Trans.: A horned scarab like that of Carolina from the Bahama Islands

Lebia platicollis

Sundry Insects from China [and] India