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RefNoPT/75/8/12
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, egg tubes of Nepa and egg of Cynips lignicola by [John Lubbock]
Date12 October 1858
DescriptionPlate 16, figure 10 and plate 17, figure 9 showing the egg tube of the Nepa [water scorpion] and the end of the egg of the Cynips lignicola [gall wasp?]. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Rough outlines of figure 1 from plate 16 appear below. Some figures have been cut out of the middle of the page. An ink inscription above reads 'Psocus Oct. 12. 58'. 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.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk and ink wash on paper
Dimensions300x215mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1859.0018
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0104
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7010Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865)1803 - 1865
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