Posterior body parts of Diaspis bromellae [Pineapple scale], Diaspis boisduvalii [Biosduval scale] and Diaspis calyptroides [Cactus scale] Finish:none by the flame of wood

by the flame of wood only

'Probably The Next Absurdity'

Frontispiece to volume 3 of the book: A collection of voyages

A return of Punch to the terrible contamination of the River Thames

Posterior body parts of Diaspis bromellae [Pineapple scale], Diaspis boisduvalii [Biosduval scale] and Diaspis calyptroides [Cactus scale] Finish:none by the flame of woodPlate 16, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figure 1 Diaspis bromellae, pygidium of adult female. Figure 2 Diaspis boisduvalii, pygidium of adult female. Figure 3 Diaspis calyptroides, pygidium of adult female. All at x250 magnification. Signed lower left 'R. Newstead ad nat. del.', heavily cropped. The facing page is an approved [in pencil] proof version of captions, 'Explanation of Plate