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Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892)Henry Walter Bates FRS FLS FGS was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. Born in Leicester 8 February 1825, died London, 16 February 1892
Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. BatesA page (p 144) from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Epidendrum elongatum, orchidFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum secundrum
Scolopendra gigantea, giant centipedeA giant centipede which was brought into the Museums Insect Identification service after being found in a living room in London. The specimen is venomous and not native to the UK
Examples of mimicry among butterfliesPlate from On the lepidoptera of the Amazon Valley. Transactions of the Linnean Society, by H.W. Bates, 1862
H. W. Bates illustrated notebookPlate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Butterflies painted by H. W. BatesA page from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Marsdenia mollissimaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cynanchum crassifolium
Panoramic: Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Bahia, South America 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Botocudo men of Brazil with wooden plugs in the lip and earPortraits of Botocudo men of Brazil with their distinctive wooden plugs in the lip and ear. Botocudos. Handcoloured woodcut by L
Low-class Quechua woman and man of Chuquisaca, Bolivia, South America. She wears a round pleated and embroidered dress, white bodice, and wears her hair in several long braids
Native American gaucho from the region of Buenos-Ayres, Argentina. In sugar-loaf hat, striped poncho, trousers and spurs, holding bolas or boleadoras to hunt on the pampas
Woman of the Pampas lowlands, Argentina. She wears a dress of striped fabrics, necklace and earrings, and carries a feather fan and cord or lasso. Femme Pampas
Young Mapuche girl of the city of Concepcion, Chile. She wears a check shawl, ornate bodice, pleated petticoats in colourful flannel, and striped stockings. Jeune fille de l'ile de la Conception
Mapuche man of Chile smoking a cigar. He wears a sugar-loaf hat, traditional striped poncho, jacket, culottes and leather sandals called ojotes. Chilien. Handcoloured woodcut by T.S
Vicuna, Lama vicugna, and llama, Lama glama. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Heath from George Shaw's General Zoology: Mammalia, Thomas Davison, London, 1801
Blue-backed manakin, Chiroxiphia pareola (Pipra pareola)
Splendid epiphyllum, Epiphyllum x splendidum. Hybrid climbing cactus raised by nurseryman Mr. Hitchen of Norwich. Native to Central and South America
Mock vervain, Glandularia platensisMock vervain or mock verbena, Glandularia platensis. Native to South America, seeds sent from Buenos Ayres by Scottish plant collector James Tweedie. Teucrium-like verbena, Verbena teucrioides
Chile nettle, Caiophora lateritia. Native to South America, raised in Glasgow Botanic Garden from seeds sent by Scottish botanist James Tweedie from Tucuman, Argentina
Willowleaf angelonia, Angelonia salicariifolia. Native to South America, introduced from Caracas, flowered at Spofforth, the garden of botanist William Herbert, Dean of Manchester, in 1819
Indian thornapple or devil's trumpet, Datura metel. Raised by Wayman, gardener at Sir Henry Digby's gardens in Minterne Magnel, Dorset, from seeds imported from South America
Lance's trichocentrum, Trichocentrum lanceanumLance's trichocentrum orchid, Trichocentrum lanceanum. Native to South America and the Caribbean, introduced from Suriname by British judge John Henry Lance
Hummingbird fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanicaHummingbird fuchsia or hardy fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica. Native to southern South America. Elegant globe-flowered fuchsia, Fuchsia globosa elegans
Manac, Brunfelsia uniflora. Poisonous shrub native to the Caribbean and South America, used in ayahuasca and other potions. Introduced from Brazil by Marshal Beresford to his sister Mrs Thomas Hope
Jaguarundi, Puma yagouaroundi. From a specimen of a Cuguacuarara in the collection of Prince Maurice of Nassau. Felis eyra, Eira, Felis eira. South America
Jaguarundi, Puma yagouaroundi (Yagouaroundi, Felis yagouaroundi, d'Azzara)
Wild tortoiseshell cat from South America, Felis catus
Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis (Felis pardalis)
Brown four-eyed opossum, Metachirus nudicaudatus. Naked-tailed opossum, Didelphys nudicaudata
Woman of the Kalina or Carib people, South AmericaWoman of the Kalina or Carib people, French Guiana, South America. In apron or coyon decorated with beads, shawl, beaded gaiters, carrying a basket of flowers on her back. Sauvagesse de la Guiane
Piaye of the Kalina people, French Guiana, South AmericaPiaye of the Kalina or Carib people, French Guiana, South America. Medicine man or ceremonial person with feather headdress, skirt, and wooden club. Piaye-Medecin de la Guiane
Man of the Kalina or Carib people, South AmericaMan of the Kalina or Carib people, French Guiana, South America. In loincloth or camiza, armed for hunting or battle with ironwood club or putu, bow and quiver of arrows. Sauvage de la Guiane
Native American man of Tierra del Fuego, South America. In sealskin cloak and loincloth, leather shoes, his body painted in red. Armed with bow and quiver of arrows
Native American woman of Tierra del Fuego, South America. In sealskin cloak, skirt with belt, necklace and bracelets of shells, leather shoes, her body painted in red. Holding a basket of fish
Native American chief of Patagonia, South America. In feather headdress, necklace, cloak and robe, gaiters and sandals. Holding a hoop decorated with bells used in a ceremonial dance
Native American woman and child of Patagonia, South America. In feather headdress, tunic of guanaco skin with the fur inside, culottes and gaiters. Perhaps of the extinct Yahgan people
Native American hunter of Patagonia with bolasNative American hunter of Patagonia, South America. In feather headdress, tunic of guanaco skin with the fur inside, culottes and gaiters. With bolas or bolases. Perhaps an extinct Yahgan
Huaso (cowboy) hunting wild cattle in Chile, 18th centuryHuaso cowboy hunting wild cattle in Chile, 18th century. He is about to throw a lasso around the bull's horns to subdue it. Chasses des boeufs sauvages au Chile
Passion flower, Passiflora insignisPassion flower or passion vine, Passiflora insignis. Raised by gardener Mr Anderson at Soweby Hall, Hull, from seeds sent from South America (Peru). As Tacsonia insignis
Bladderwort, Utricularia alpina. Epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant native to South America. As Utricularia montana
Jewel plant, Bertolonia superbissima. Variety of dwarf, creeping, tender perennial, native to tropical South America. From William Bull's nursery in Chelsea
Pescatoria lalindei orchid, native to Costa Rica, Panama and South America. As Bollea patini, named for plant collector Mr. C. Patin who found it in New Granada in 1873
Vriesea platynema, bromeliad native to the West Indies and South America. Imported by nurseryman William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. As Encholirion corallinum
Crimson cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiataCrimson cattleya or ruby-lipped cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata. Native to South America, sent from Brazil by English ornithologist William Swainson. Splendid-flowered catleya
Narrowleaf airplant, Tillandsia tenuifolia. Native to South America and the Caribbean, sent from Trinidad by German botanist Eduard Freiherr von Schack, Baron de Schack
Stenomesson pauciflorum. Native to western South America, introduced from Peru by Scottish plant collector James Cowan. Few-flowered chrysiphiala, Chrysiphiala pauciflora
Rodriguezia lanceolata orchid. Native to the Caribbean, Central and South America, sent from Trinidad by Eduard Freiherr von Schack, Baron de Schack
Paullinia meliifolia. Native to South America, and introduced from Brazil by Richardson Harrison of Aegsburgh, flowered at Liverpool Botanic Garden. Azederach-leaved paullinia, Paullinia meliaefolia
Leucheria senecioides or Leucheria oligocephala. Native of Chile, seeds sent by Scottish plant hunter Alexander Cruikshanks. Groundsel-like trixis, Trixis senecioides
Lantern fly, Fulgora laternariaLantern fly or peanut bug, Fulgora laternaria, Fulgora lanternaria, flying over a mountainous landscape, South America
Rocktrumpet, Mandevilla martiana. Native to South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. Found in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro by Mr. Gardner, and raised by R. G
Amphilophium carolinae, native to South America. Flowered in the gardens of the Earl of Ilchester at Melbury House in 1842. Named for the third earl Henry Fox-Strangways's daughter Caroline
Molle rastrero, Schinus longifolius. Native to South America. Raised by nurseryman Hugh Low of Clapton, from seeds from Buenos Ayres. Long-leaved duvaua, Duvaua longifolia
Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, Alstroemeria chorillensis. Native to South America, supplied to the Horticultural Society by John Maclean of Lima, Peru
Lagrimas de la virgen, Eleutherine bulbosaLagrimas de la virgen, tears of the virgin, Eleutherine bulbosa. Native to southern Mexico and south America. Anomalous eleutherine, Eleutherine anomala
Gomesa uniflora orchid. Native to South America. Imported from Brazil by Sir Charles Lemon at Carclew. One-flowered oncidium, Oncidium uniflorum
Pink-flowered clowesia orchid, Clowesia rosea. Native to Mexico, central and south America. Imported from Brazil and raised by Reverend John Clowes at Broughton Hall
Lycaste macrophylla orchid. Native to central and south America, imported from Bolivia by nurseryman George Loddiges. Even-flowered lycaste, Lycaste plana
Clavelillo or chivo caspi, Barnadesia caryophyllaClavelillo, chivo caspi, or espino santo, Barnadesia caryophylla. Native to South America. Rose-coloured barnadesia, Barnadesia rosea
Philibertia gilliesii, native to South America. Sent from Buenos Ayres by James Tweedie to the Glasgow and Glasnevin Botanic Gardens. Large-flowered philibertia, Philibertia grandiflora
Flat-headed catasetum orchid, Catasetum planiceps. Native to South America, imported by nurseryman George Loddiges
Hippeastrum elegans. Solandra-flowered knight's-star lily, var. 2, Hippeastrum solandriflorum variety. Native to Central and South America, taken from a plant of Mr
Large-fruited catasetum, Catasetum macrocarpum. Trinidad catasetum, Catasetum tridentatum. Native of Trinidad, Caribbean and South America, drawn at Mr William Anderson's Chelsea Botanic Gardens
Mullein-leaved lobelia, Lobelia tupa. Native to Chile, drawn at Samuel Brooke's nursery at Ball's Pond
Megatherium americanum pulling on a palm tree. Extinct species of ground sloth endemic to South America, Early Pliocene to the Pleistocene. Megatherium americanum. Colour printed illustration by F
Tayra, Eira barbaraTayra, tolomuco, motete, irara, or viejo de monte, Eira barbara 1. Omnivorous weasel from Central and South America. La grande belette, Mustela barbara
Jaguar, Panthera onca, native to the AmericasJaguar, Panthera onca, native to Central and South Americas, known to the indigenous peoples as the yaguara or jaguarete. Le jaguar, Felis onza. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Th
Jaguarundi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi. Wild cat native to South and Central America, also known as the eyra, gato moro, tigrillo. Le yaguarundi, Felis yaguarundi
White witch moth, Thysania agrippinaWhite witch, ghost moth, great gray witch or great owlet moth, Thysania agrippina (Phalaena agrippina), dorsal 1, ventral 2. Native to Mexico, Suriname and South America
Orinoco lime treefrog and northern orange-legged leaf frogOrinoco lime treefrog, Sphaenorhynchus lacteus 1, and northern orange-legged leaf frog or tiger-legged monkey frog, Pithecopus hypochondrialis 2. Both native to South America
Air volcanoes near Turbaco, Colombia. Small volcanic cones that erupt Azote (nitrogen gas) every few minutes. On a plain surrounded by Santos mahogany and pijio trees, water lilies, etc
Marmorea frog, Dendropsophus marmoratus, dorsal 1, ventral 2. Native to the Amazon rainforest and South America. Rainette marbree, Hyla marmorata
Dyeing dart frog, Dendrobates tinctoriusDyeing dart frog, dyeing poison dart frog or dyeing poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius 1, dorsal A, ventral B, juvenile C. Rainette a tapirer, Hyla tinctoria. Native to Suriname and South America
Beireis treefrog, Dendropsophus leucophyllatusBeireis treefrog, white-leaf frog or clown treefrog, Dendropsophus leucophyllatus, Rana leucophyllata, ventral 3, dorsal 4. Found in Suriname
Chimborazo viewed from the Tapia plateau. Snow-capped inactive stratovolcano in the Andes. In the foreground, Native Americans tend to lamas, cactus, agave, etc. Chimborasso in South America
Grey-winged trumpeter bird, Psophia crepitans. Agami, l'agami. Native to South America. Psophia crepitans s. ventriloqua
Military macaw, Ara militaris, in a jungle with domed temple. Native of Mexico and Peru. Great green macaw, Macrocercus militaris
Mexican marigold, Tagetes lucida. Sweet Chili Marygold. Native of Chile, South America, in the Hammersmith Nursery of Lee and Kennedy
Barbados lily, Hippeastrum puniceum. Brasilian lily-daffodil, Amaryllis brasiliensis. Native of Brazil, in the collection of James Vere, Kensington Gore
Corkscrew vine, Cochliasanthus caracalla. Snail-flowered kidney-bean, Phaseolus caracalla. From Brazil, South America
Scarlet clownheal, Stachys coccineaScarlet clownheal, scarlet hedgenettle, Texas betony, Stachys coccinea. From North to South America, figured in James Vere's garden, Kensington Gore