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Coccinella, c1745-1807

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Description

Glass jar, with glass lid and paper labels, containing specimens of cochineal insects (Dactylopius sp.), used as a dye. From the Burges Collection.

Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. p. 125 No. 45’ and ‘COCCINELLA’.

Pomet writes of the use of the cochineal but is confused as to whether its source is an insect or a seed.