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Natural Curiosities

By Alfred Wallace Wallace

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Reflecting their owner’s taste and serving as an impressive exhibition space for visitors, cabinets of curiosities were a place of interest in the houses of the wealthy in the 16th an 17th centuries. Displaying rare vegetable and animal species and fossils, these cabinets were always dedicated to science and knowledge. By collecting uncommon and beautiful objects in nature, rich noblemen were able to build a microcosm expressing the diversity of God’s creation.

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1Introduction

2The View, Jan Brueghel (Velvet Brueghel) and Peter Paul Rubens

3The curiosity cabinet of the Dimpfel family of wholesale ironmongers and miners from Regensburg, Joseph Arnold

4Emperor Rudolf II as Vertumnus (detail), Giuseppe Arcimboldo

5Alfred Russel Wallace On the Law Which Has Regulated the Introduction of New Species (S20: 1855)

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6Solanum melongena - Aubergine (Solanées)

7I., II. Capsicum specie - Pepper with long, yellow fruits (Solanaceae)

8I. Capsicum specie - Sweet Pepper called “Tomato” (Solanaceae); II. Capsicum specie - Pepper called “Cherry” (Solanaceae)

9I., II. Capsicum specie - Red-fruited upward-facing Pepper (Solanaceae)

10Canna indica - Red-flowered Canna Lily (Cannaceae)

11I. Colocasia esculenta - Taro (Araceae); II. Lagenaria specie - Colocynth [Bitter Apple] (Cucurbitaceae); III. Cucurbita pepo - Squash (Cucurbitaceae)

12Phoenicopterus ruber - Greater Flamingo

13Progne subis - Purple Martin

14Trogrodytes aedon - House Wren

15Cygnus buccinator - Trumpeter Swan

16Larus philadelphia - Bonaparte’s Gull

17Sterna forsteri, Sterna trudeaui - Forster’s Tern and Trudeau’s Tern (Gulls)

18Fulmarus glacialis - Northern Fulmar

191 Phoenicopterus ruber 2-3 Columbidae 4 Alcedinidae; 1 Greater flamingo 2-3 Pigeons & doves 4 Kingfisher

20Aves - Bird Nests

21Apoidea - Bee Hives

221 “Hydra” 2 Draco sp.; 1 Fantasy animal 2 Flying dragon

231-2 Colotis sp. 3-4 Belenois calypso 7-8 Coliadinae 11-16 Archaeoprepona demophon 19-20 Parides sesostris 21-22 Hebomoia leucippe; Butterflies from Africa, Central and South America and the Moluccas

241-3 Attacus atlas 4-6 Rothschildia hesperus 8-9 Xyleutes strix 10-11 Draconia peripheta 18-19 Entheus priassus; Very large tropical moths from South-East Asia and tropical America

251-2 Morpho menelaus 3-4 Caligo teucer 5-6 Adelpha cytherea 11-12 Josia sp.; Butterflies from tropical Central and South America

261-4 Papilio sp. 15-16 Caligo idomeneus 23-24 Morpho peleides 27-28 Josia sp.; Tropical butterflies and moths from America

271-12 Lepidoptera 13 Iphiclides podalirius 16 Catocala 19 Hamadryas feronia; Butterflies and moths from Eurasia and America

282-3 Polyura pyrrhus 5-6 Papilio deiphobus 7-8 Papilio sp. 9-12 Papilio ulysses 13-14 Papilio oenomaus 15-16 Papilio hipponous; Butterflies from the Malay Archipelago, New Guinea and Australia

291-7 Saturniidae 8-10 Attacus atlas 11-13 Rothschildia Hesperus; Very large tropical moths

301-2, 9-12 Orthoptera 3-8 Hemiptera 11-12 Tropidacris cristata; 1-2, 9-12 Grasshoppers 3-8 Hemipterans 11-12 Grasshoppers

311-6 Coleoptera 7-10 Orthoptera; 1-6 Beetles 7-10 Grasshoppers and katydids

321-2 Tipulidae 3-4, 9-11 Odonata 5, 7-8 Trichoptera 6 Apocrita 12 Dytiscidae 13 Ephemeroptera 14-24 Orthoptera; Various insects and insect larvae, chiefly grasshoppers

331-2 Phasma Gigas 3-4 Fulgora laternaria 5-8 Auchenorrhyncha; 1-2 Walking stick 3-4 Greater lanternfly 5-8 Cicadas

341-4 Phasmatodea 5-6 Ensifera 7-12 Odonata; 1-4 Walking sticks 5-6 Katydids 7-12 Dragonflies

351-12, 15-16 Orthoptera 1-2 Acrida turrita 13-14 Mantodea; 1-12, 15-16 Grasshoppers and katydids 1-2 Mediterranean grasshoppers 13-14 Praying mantids

361, 2, 5-6 Phasmatodea 3-4, 7-8 Mantodea 9-17 Coleoptera 18-20 Heteroptera; 1, 2, 5-6 Walking sticks 3-4, 7-8 Praying mantids 9-17 Beetles 18-20 Bugs

371-6 Scarabaeidae 7-9 Cerambycidae; 1-6 Cockchafers 7-9 Longhorn beetles

381-2 Pompilidae 3 Diptera 4 Hymenoptera 5-7 Formicidae 8 Mutillidae 9-14 Chelicerata 9-11 Araneae 13 Amblypygi 14 Solifugae; 1-2 Spider wasps 3 Fly 4 Hymenopterans 5-7 Ants 8 Velvet-ant 9-14 Chelicerates 9-11 Web spiders 13 Tailless whipscorpion 14 Wind scorpion

39Shell Portrait of a Woman, Tuscany

401-4 Sepiida 5-6 Teuthida 7-8 Ovum 9-10 Sepiidae; 1-4 Sepias 5-6 Arrow squids/Flying squids 7-8 Sepia eggs 9-10 Cuttlebones of Sepia

411-2 Loligo? 3-5 Teuthida 7-8 Annelida (Aphrodite); 1-2 Squids 3-5 Arrow squids/Flying squids 7-8 Sea mice

421 Hymenaster pellucidus 3 Asterina gibbosa 5 Crossaster papposus 6-7 Astropecten araniacus 8-10 Astropecten typicus; 1 Starfish 3 Common cushion star 5 Common sun star 6-7 Red comb stars 8-10 Sand stars

431-2 Gorgonocephalus caput medusae 3-4 Comanthina 5-6 Ophiothrix 7 Ophioderma longicauda; 1-2 Gorgon’s heads 3-4 Feather stars 5-6 Common brittle stars 7 Brown brittlestar

441 Gorgonocephalus caryi 2-3 Clypeasteroida 4-9, II Echinacea 10 Diadematoida; 1 Gorgon’s head 2-3 Sand dollars 4-9, II Sea urchins 10 Hatpin urchin

451-2 Heterocentrotus mamillatus 3, 12-13 Heterocentrotus 4 Heterocentrotus trigonarius 5 Diadema setosum 6, 8-9 Diadema 7 Echinothrix diadema 10-11 Eucidaris; 1-2, 3-4, 12-13 Slate pencil sea urchins 5 Long spined sea urchin 6, 8-9 Hatpin urchins 7 Black sea urchin 10-11 Mine urchins

461 Scyllaridae 2-3, 6 Stomatopoda 4-5 Gecarcinidae 7-8, 10-11 Calappidae 9 Portunidae 12 Parthenopidae 13 Majidae; 1 Scyllarid 2-3, 6 Stomatopods 4-5 Land crabs 7-8, 10-11 Box crabs 9 Swimming crab 12 Elbow crab 13 Spider crab

471-2 Birgus latro 3 Nephrops norvegicus 4, 9-10 Palaemonidae 5 Palinuridae 8 Crangon crangon 11 Amphipoda; 1-2 Coconut/Robber crab 3 Norway lobster 4, 9-10 Palaemonid shrimps 5 Spiny lobster 8 Common shrimp 11 Amphipod

481 Lithodidae 2-3 Parthenopidae 4-6 Brachyura; 1 Lithodid crab 2-3 Elbow crabs 4-6 Carapaces of crabs

491-2 Diodon hystrix 3 Chilomycterus reticulatus 4 Diodontidae 5 Lagocephalus lagocephalus 6 Colomesus psittacus 7-8 Tetraodontidae; Partly poisonous puffer fish from tropical waters, which inflate themselves when threatened

501-4 Acanthurus 5 Pomacanthus 6-7 Zanclus 8 Heniochus 9-12, 16, 18 Chaetodon 13-14 Perciformes 15 Platax 17 Chelmon; Tropical coral fish from the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific