Encyclopedic image reproduction, ideal for enhancing a decoration inspired by nature - Vertical encaust by Charles d'Orbigny

Engraving reproduction of: Vertical Encauste (Encaustes verticalis, Fabr.), Erotylus histrio (Erotylus histrio, Lin.), Bordered Eumorphus (Eumorphus marginatus, Fabr.), Brown Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus piceus, Lin.), Large Burying Beetle (Necrophorus grandis, Fabr.)

Illustration taken from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, written under the direction of Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny (1806-1876) and published from 1841 to 1849.

This work, considered one of the major achievements of the 19th century in terms of scientific synthesis and quality popularization, wonderfully illustrating the great beauty and impressive diversity of the biological world, was supplemented by a certain amount of scientific information, some extracts of which are reproduced below.

Important note: the scientific classification elements of the time have been preserved as they are and may of course be obsolete today.

Scientific classification and description of the species present in the engraving:

Class of Insects
Order of Coleoptera
Suborder Erotylians
Engigid family
Fig. 1. Vertical encauste (Encaustes verticalis, Fabr.) Natural size.

Class of Insects
Order of Coleoptera
Suborder Erotylians
Family of Erotylidae
Fig. 2. Natural-size Erotylus histrio (Erotylus histrio, Lin.).
2. a. Mandible.
• b. Jaw equipped with its p

Class of Insects
Order of Coleoptera
Suborder Erotylians
Endomychidae family
Fig. 3. Eumorphus marginatus (Eumorphus marginatus, Fabr.) Natural size.

Class of Insects
Order of Coleoptera
Suborder Hydrophilia
Fig. 4. Brown water lily (Hydrophilus piceus, Lin.) Natural size.

Class of Insects
Order of Coleoptera
Suborder of the Silphians
Fig. 5. Large burying beetle (Necrophorus grandis, Fabr.) Natural size.