| RefNo | PT/75/8/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, egg tubes of various insects by [John Lubbock] |
| Date | [1858] |
| Description | Plate 16, figures 1-9 showing the egg tubes of various insects including the Blatta orientalis [oriental cockroach], the Aeschna cyanea [Aeshna cyanea; southern hawker], the Pulex irritans [human flea], the Telephorus [Cantharis; soldier beetle], the Forficula auricularia [common earwig], the Psocus [barklice], the Panorpa communis [common scorpionfly], and the Cheiloscia. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Entomology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the ova and pseudova of insects' by John Lubbock.
Received by the Royal Society on 1 November 1858. Read 9 December 1858. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 305x223mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1859.0018 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0104 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7010 | Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865) | 1803 - 1865 |