Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale] Size:S: 45 x 30cm 'Europe in masquerade

'Europe in masquerade

The horns of a cow which is being milked in the background appear over his head suggesting he is a cuckold

in Huddersfield

'The City cuckolds & Court horned beasts comparing each other's beauty'

Mike Buckley

Mytilaspis pomorum [Mussel scale] Size:S: 45 x 30cm 'Europe in masqueradePlate 24, 'Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figures 1 11 Mytilaspis pomorum including views of the insect on the branch of an apple tree [subsequently replaced, these versions are annotated 'omit'], studies of male and female insects and puparium. Natural size and at x15, x20, x35 and x50 magnifications. Signed below 'R. Newstead ad nat del.', heavily cropped. The facing page is a corrected