Aspidiotus hederae [Ivy scale] and Aspidiotus britannicus [Holly scale] Duke of Cumberland Inn These children

These children

wearing a flimsy see-through shirt with no buttons

Carved figure in oak

shirtless in son

This is a 'new Ambe' modified and improved by Le Cat and presented to the Royal Society

Aspidiotus hederae [Ivy scale] and Aspidiotus britannicus [Holly scale] Duke of Cumberland Inn These childrenPlate 8, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figures 1 7 Aspidiotus hederae, views of the insects on lemon rind and the leaf of Nerium oleander and at various stages of development. Figures 8 12 Aspidiotus britannicus, view of the insects on a holly leaf and at various stages of development. Natural size and magnified to x25 and x35. Signed 'R. Newstead ad nat del.', heavily cropped at base of