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Beetles (Coleoptera, Plate 220) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 west indies Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) wasInsecta Coleoptera Pl. 220 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman introduces a Victorian lens on the astonishing variety of beetles, rendered with the sober precision that defined nineteenthcentury natural history. Godman (18341919) was an English scholar, collector, and naturalist whose work helped shape the great scientific compendia of his era. This plate belongs to the tradition of rigorous entomological illustrationcreated to aid classification and