A plate from the book “Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera”

In Spotlight / 13 December 2012

This image is a color plate from the book “Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America,” by Herbert Druce, 1881-190, from the collections of Smithsonian Libraries and highlighted on the Library’s Galaxy of Images Web site.

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