Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9066
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Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale]
Date
1900
Creator
Robert Newstead (1859 - 1947, British) , Naturalist
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 222mm
width (painting): 140mm
width (painting): 140mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 24, "Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles", by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900-1902). Figures 1-11 Mytilaspis pomorum including views of the insect on the branch of an apple tree [subsequently replaced, these versions are annotated "omit"], studies of male and female insects and puparium. Natural size and at x15, x20, x35 and x50 magnifications. Signed below "R.Newstead ad nat del.", heavily cropped. The facing page is a corrected [in pencil] proof version of captions, "Explanation of Plate XXIV".
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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