Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9053
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Posterior body margins of female Aspidiotus
Date
ca. 1897
Creator
Robert Newstead (1859 - 1947, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 222mm
width (drawing): 139mm
width (drawing): 139mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 12, "Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles", by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900-1902). Margins of pygidium of seven varieties of Aspidiotus. Figure 1 Aspidiotus ostreaeformis. Figure 2 Aspidiotus zonatus. Figure 3 Aspiodus hederae. Figure 4 Aspidiotus britannicus. Figure 5 Aspidiotus cyanophyll. Figure 6 Aspidiotus dictyospermi, var. arecae. One additional figure [third from top] crossed through with the instruction "Omit". All at x600 magnification. Signed lower left "R. Newstead ad nat del" partially cropped. The facing page is an approved [in pencil] proof version of captions, "Explanation of Plate XII".
Object history
From a volume of original illustrations for "Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles", (Ray Society, 1900-1902). Newstead’s work illustrates the structure and habitat of scaled insects, often having economic importance as agricultural pests. Printed note of presentation pasted onto front marbled endpaper, "From Professor R. Newstead, 67, Handbridge, Chester. Plate 1 stamped "Adlard & Son, Bartholomew Close E.C., 21 Sep.1901. Proof" and annotated in pencil "Own copy Sept 23 1901".
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