Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale] Finish:Single fracture and the prismatic hues

fracture and the prismatic hues for which this coal is famous

'Point Sikree Gully

327-332' and with a provenance inscription

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

Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale] Finish:Single fracture and the prismatic huesPlate 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