Specimen Collection (page 4)

Hymenoptera specimens
A case containing various Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and their allies) specimens, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Tridacna gigas, giant clam
A pair of giant clam (Tridacna gigas). This endangered species is the largest living molluscs and can reach sizes of over 1m

Helophorus laticollis, water beetle
Close-up shot of a water beetle (Helophorus laticollis). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department

Homo sapiens (Singa 1) cranium
A heavily mineralized cranium once belonging to that of Homo sapiens who lived about 130, 000 years ago. This specimen was discovered in Singa, Sudan by W.R.G. Bond in 1924

Echium pininana, tower of jewels
The flower spikes of this plant can grow up to 3 metres and has hundreds of purple blue flowers in summer

Paeonia humilis. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Cultivated at Boxford Suffolk by Miss Jenny Robinson. Source probably South of France

Lepidotes sp. wealden fish
Fosillised scales and teeth of the wealden fish (Lepidotes) found inside the ribs of the dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri, Surrey

Chauliodus sloani, viperfish
A specimen of the viperfish (Chauliodus sloani). This is the first specimen to be examined by a naturalist and the only remaining spirit preserved fish from the Sloane collection

Tyto alba, barn owl
A mounted specimen of a barn owl (Tyto alba). Barn owls are well distributed in Europe, South America, U.S.A, Africa and Australia. There are 35 subspecies

Clown beetle specimen from the family Histeridae held at the Natural History Museum, London

Zamites gigas
Jurassic leaves of the extinct cycad like bennettitalean gymnosperm from York, England. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Pristonychus complanatus, black ground beetle
A mounted black ground beetle specimen from St. Helena, from the Carabidae family. This species is also known as (Laemonstenus complanatus)

Araucaria mirabilis, pine cone
Silicified cones from the Cerro Cuadrado Fossil Forest (Jaramillo Fossil Forest), Argentina dating from the Upper Jurassic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Bentonite
A specimen of the mineral Bentonite Reg No. 1926, 216 light grey mass, Range 19, W4, Township 28, Rosedale, Alberta, Canada. Predented by the Canadian Government Exhibition Commision, 1926

Melanosuchus niger, black caiman crocodile

Vandellia cirrhosa, candiru

Dynastes hercules, hercules beetle
A specimen of the hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules), 12 cms long, from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department. This species can be found in Central and South America

Fran Kern with herbarium specimen
Fran Kern a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is Nymphaea candida C. Presl, candid water lily collected in Sweden

Serinus canaria, island canary
Specimen of an island canary (Serinus canaria)

Psalidognathus friendi, longhorn beetle
A longhorn beetle from the family (Cerambycidae; Prioninae). Specimen originally from South America, now part of the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Archispirostreptus gigas, African giant black millipede
An African giant black millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas). This species which is native to sub-tropical and tropical regions of western Africa is one of the worlds largest millipedes which can grow

Plate XXXXIV: Lava Samples
Pl XXXXIV. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Rock Python skin
Dr Colin McCarthy examining a Rock Python skin in the Zoology department of The Natural History Museum, London

Ichthyosaurus communis

Oyster shell with pearl
Oyster is a name given to a group of molluscs which can be found on sea beds, often in coastal waters. The pearl, a smooth spherical object can form inside its shell

Fossiliferous limestone
Wenlock Limestone from Dudley. Middle Silurian about 420 million years ago

Galleon under full sail Date: 1796

Clypeaster altus, a fossil echinoid
Clypeaster altus, 13 cm anterior to posterior, from the Miocene of Malta, oral view

Syringopora, fossil coral
Silicified colony of the tabulate coral Syringopora from the British Carboniferous. The tubular corallites are about 2 mm in diameter

Heliolites, coral
Small colony, 4 cm wide, of the tabulate coral Heliolites from the Silurian of England

Calcite (Calcium Carbonate) variant iceland spar
A cleaved rhomb of iceland spar showing double refraction from near Eskifjordr, Iceland

Extraordinary exhibition of Scapiglione
Advertising flyer for an Extraordinary Exhibition at the Saville House, Leicester Square, every day from Ten o Clock till One, and from Two till Ten. Scapiglione

Victorian scrap - Club Specimen
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Club Specimen. late 19th century

View of an unidentified geological specimen. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Canadian Pacific Steamers, promenade deck
Canadian Pacific Steamers have spacious promenade decks -- children on a Third Class promenade deck, with a specimen Third Class menu printed at the side. Date: circa 1930s

Benoit Audran
BENOIT AUDRAN French engraver (this is a specimen of his work) Date: 1661 - 1721

Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1932
Packed for shipping. The majority of Rothschilds (280, 000 items) bird skin collection was sold the AMNH in New York after he ran into financial difficulties

Pitta Iris, from the Gould Collection
Rainbow Pitta, Pitta Iris, specimen, collected by Captain Chambers in Australia between 1839 and 1841 Date: 1839

Xenus cinereus
Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus, specimen, collected by Captain William Chambers in the Cobourg Peninsula in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius
Two specimens of Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius - 1894.10.26.16 (top) and 1894.10.26.15 (bottom Date: 1894

Red eared firetail Finch, Emblema oculata
Emblema (Stagonopleura) oculata - 1894.10.26.95 Date: 1894

Western rosella, Platycercus icterotis
Two specimens of Western rosella, Platycercus icterotis - 1894.10.26.10 (top) and 1894.10.26.8 (bottom) Date: 1894

Hemibrycon taeniurus, Mountain spring sardine

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
1904 Colonsay specimen of Coccyzus americanus, held at the Natural History Museum at Tring Date: 1904

Dodo skeleton, Raphus cucullatus
The dodo is an icon of extinction, one of the first widely acknowledged cases of a species being wiped out by humans. There are so few complete dodo skeletons that we may never know exactly what they

Lacandonia schismatica
A member of the Triuridaceae, a family of saprophytes. Found only in the Lacandon rainforest in southeast Mexico

Ad鬩e penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Ad鬩 e penguin specimen collected during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick

Pogonophryne scotti
Fish specimen collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological

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