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RefNoPT/75/8/14
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, development of egg tubes of Coccus hesperidum and Coccus persicae by [John Lubbock]
Date[1858]
DescriptionPlate 18, figures 1-12 showing the development of the egg tubes of the Coccus hesperidum [brown soft scale] and the Coccus persicae [Parthenolecanium persicae; peach scale]. Inscribed recto and verso with publication and plate details. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto backing sheet. A graphite inscription next to figure 6 reads 'this side like the other' and an inscription below figures 3 and 4 reads 'soften this line'. 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.
Extent2p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk and ink wash on paper, mounted on paper
Dimensions301x221mm
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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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