Aspidiotus ostreaeformis [European fruit scale] Plymouth Advertisement of about 1850

Advertisement of about 1850

two railways lines had combined at a key junction to put in a state of the art signalbox

the poor girl that he had seduced with a false promise of marriage while he was a student at Oxford

Gordon Durie

who are shown hiding behind a tree

Aspidiotus ostreaeformis [European fruit scale] Plymouth Advertisement of about 1850Plate 5, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figures 1 14 Aspidiotus ostraeformis, views insects on peach, currant, plum and heather at various stages of development. One figure circled with the note 'Omit'. Magnified to x25, x50 and x600. Signed 'R. Newstead [del struck through] ad nat. del.', date cropped by probably '1902'. Annotated verso with a manuscript version of the plate description.