Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale] Finish:Single Hirst's observation of 'Venus seen

Hirst's observation of 'Venus seen with a narrow fringe of dull red light' during the transit of Venus

View of a portly City volunteer admiring himself in the mirror

327-332' and with a provenance inscription

'Point Sikree Gully

it had a 5

Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale] Finish:Single Hirst's observation of 'Venus seenPlate 24, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figures 1 2 Mytilaspis pomorum, views of the insect on the branch of an apple tree, natural size. Signed below 'R. Newstead ad nat del.', cropped and initialled 'R. N.' A replacement illustration for the figures on the subsequent whole plate. An attached sheet is inscribed in pencil 'Mytilaspis pomorum Bouche, Retd. 15 May 1900'. Original: pencil