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= Section from J. Rowland's English translation of Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum (London, 1634), which was added to Edward Topsells History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658). Nissen, ZBI 2852; cf. Norman 1528; Nissen, ZBI 4147; Hagen, p.553. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.