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Gymnaspis aechmeae [Fly speck scale] Size:XL: 90 x 60cm These inventions are widely assumedPlate 34, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figures 1 15 Studies of Gymnaspis aechmeae, including a view of the insects on a leaf of Aechmea aquilega and details of the male and female. Natural size and at various magnifications. Signed below 'R. Newstead ad nat del.', slightly cropped. The facing page is a corrected [in pencil] proof version of captions, 'Explanation of Plate XXXIV'