EditorialButterflies, caterpillars and pupae in Central Europe 11, Porthesia Similis, Psilura Monacha, Ocneria Dispar, Bombyx Populi, Bombyx Neustria, Bombyx Lanestris, Bombyx Quercus, Plate XIX, after p. 80, Deuchert, Heinrich (del. ad. nat.); Slocombe, A. (de...
EditorialButterflies and caterpillars in Central Europe 7, Bombyx Catax, Bombyx Trifolii, Crateronyx Dumi, Lasiocampa Potatoria, Lasiocampa Pruni, Lasiocampa Quercifolia, Lasiocampa Pini, Plate XX, after p. 92, Deuchert, Heinrich (del. ad. nat.); Slocombe, A. (...
EditorialBombyx, Silkworm, p. 181, 1634, Thomas Moffet, Edward Wotton, Konrad Gessner, Thomas Penny: Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum: olim ab Edoardo Wottono. Conrado Gesnero. Thomaque Pennio inchoatum: tandem Tho. Moufeti Londinatis opera sumptibu...
EditorialBombyx, Print, Bombyx is the genus of true silkmoths or mulberry silkmoths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silkmoths. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema ...
EditorialBombyx, Print, Bombyx is the genus of true silkmoths or mulberry silkmoths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silkmoths. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema ...
EditorialGreen-brindled dot moth, Valeria oleagina (Phalaena Bombyx oleagina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialThe silkworm of Bengal, as caterpillar, cocoon and moth, with ‘figs.1-4’ inscribed against the various stages. Inscribed in ink: ‘Phalarna Paphia Rox: Bombyx Myletta Fabricius. Tusseh Silk Worm of Bengal, see Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. 7th. About Cal...
EditorialThe silkworm of Bengal, as caterpillar, cocoon and moth, with ‘figs.1-4’ inscribed against the various stages. Inscribed in ink: ‘Phalarna Paphia Rox: Bombyx Myletta Fabricius. Tusseh Silk Worm of Bengal, see Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. 7th. About Cal...
EditorialGreen-brindled dot moth, Valeria oleagina (Phalaena Bombyx oleagina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialSilk moth and silkworm, Bombyx mori, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorp...
EditorialSilk moth, Bombyx mori, and large or garden tiger moth, Arctia caja, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Moses Harris from "The Aurelian; a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies," new edition edit...
EditorialNun moth, Lymantria monacha, caterpillar 1, moth, 2,3, and Phalaena bombyx monacha 1,2,3, and common house mosquito, Culex pipiens, 4,5, head and proboscis 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for C...