Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9076
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Gymnaspis aechmeae [Fly speck scale]
Date
ca. 1900
Creator
Robert Newstead (1859 - 1947, British) , Naturalist
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 222mm
width (painting): 139mm
width (painting): 139mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 34, "Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles", by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900-1902). Figures 1-15 Studies of Gymnaspis aechmeae, including a view of the insects on a leaf of Aechmea aquilega and details of the male and female. Natural size and at various magnifications. Signed below "R.Newstead ad nat del.", slightly cropped. The facing page is a corrected [in pencil] proof version of captions, "Explanation of Plate XXXIV."
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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