Posterior body parts of Parlatoria pergandii [Chaff Scale], Parlatoria proteus [Proteus scale] and Parlatoria zizyphi [Black parlatoria scale] mammal 'Portrait of the Artist's Mother'

'Portrait of the Artist's Mother'

The upper image depicts 'A Gift offered to all diligent Physicians

'Probably The Next Absurdity'

Pictured here at the Palatial Offices in Bayswater

Posterior body parts of Parlatoria pergandii [Chaff Scale], Parlatoria proteus [Proteus scale] and Parlatoria zizyphi [Black parlatoria scale] mammal 'Portrait of the Artist's Mother'Plate 33, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Pygidium of adult females. Figure 1 Parlatoria pergandii. Figure 2 Parlatoria proteus. Figure 3 Parlatoria zizyphi . All at x250 magnification. Signed 'R. Newstead ad nat del.'and inscribed 'Figures as in traps plate'. The facing page is a corrected [in pencil] proof version of captions, 'Explanation of Plate XXXIII'. Original: pencil on board. ca.