Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale], Mytilaspis pinnaeformis and Pinnaspis buxi [Boxwood scale] Size:S: 45 x 30cm The sitter is shown at

The sitter is shown at half-length with long

Third and final state of the plate

poses in the studio wearing suit and tie

and below 'Turkey's Gizzard Natural Size

c1800-1850

Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale], Mytilaspis pinnaeformis and Pinnaspis buxi [Boxwood scale] Size:S: 45 x 30cm The sitter is shown atPlate 25, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figures 1 9 Mytilaspis pomorum, studies of male and female insects with details of antennae, legs and spiracles. Figures 10 12 Mytilaspis pinnaeformis, studies of adult female and cast skins. Figures 13 14 Pinnaspis buxi, studies of the antenna, spiacles and parastigmatic gland of the adult female. Various magnifications. Signed 'R. Newstead ad nat