Leptomorphus Walkeri. (Fungus gnat) Plate 365.

Leptomorphus Walkeri. Plate #365. From British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects…, published in London between 1824 and 1840 by John Curtis. This delicately hand-colored plate depicts Leptomorphus walkeri, a slender fungus gnat belonging to the family Mycetophilidae. Curtis's accompanying text provides a detailed account of the insect's structure and habits, noting its close association with damp woodlands and fungi. As with the other works in this monumental sixteen-volume series, Plate 365 reflects both scientific precision and artistic skill, preserving a vivid record of Britain's entomological diversity in the early nineteenth century.