Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale], Mytilaspis pinnaeformis and Pinnaspis buxi [Boxwood scale] mb-height 997 singing at an outdoor concert

singing at an outdoor concert in London's Hyde Park

He is depicted holding a cardinal's hat on his knee as he visualises the Papal crown in the flames before him

October 1959 P029070

'The Cholic'

Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale], Mytilaspis pinnaeformis and Pinnaspis buxi [Boxwood scale] mb-height 997 singing at an outdoor concertPlate 25, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figures 1 9 Mytilaspis pomorum, studies of male and female insects with details of antennae, legs and spiracles. Figures 10 12 Mytilaspis pinnaeformis, studies of adult female and cast skins. Figures 13 14 Pinnaspis buxi, studies of the antenna, spiacles and parastigmatic gland of the adult female. Various magnifications. Signed 'R. Newstead ad nat