Summary
Watercolour and pencil illustrations of a caterpillar, pupa and adult Wattle Goat Moth, Endoxyla encalypti, from Studley Park, Melbourne, Victoria, by Arthur Bartholomew, 25 June 1861, for Plate 30 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.(All on single sheet)
Description of Content
Wattle Goat Moth, Xyleutes eucalypti (Herrichs-Schäffer) (Cossidae) by Arthur Bartholomew. Drawing, pencil, watercolour, ink and varnish on paper, 25 June 1861, 28cm x 21cm. Drawing for Plate 30 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Publisher
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Artist
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Medium
Pencil, watercolour and ink
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Technique
Illustration
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Support
Paper
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Plate Number
30
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Drawing Number
D181, D182, D183, D213, D212, D214
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State
Illustrations
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Primary Inscriptions
A Bartholomew / June 25th 1861
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Secondary Inscriptions
[drawing number] / very dark brown / black / grey / brown / yellow / blue / lake flesh
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Tertiary Inscriptions
Imago from larvae in cabinet / Eudoxyla Ecalypti
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
Herrich-Schaffer, 1854
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Preferred Common name
Wattle Goat Moth
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Kingdom
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Phylum
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Subphylum
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Class
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Order
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Superfamily
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Family
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Subfamily
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Genus
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Species Name
encalypti
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
21 cm (Width), 28 cm (Height)
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References
[Book Series] McCoy, Frederick. 1878-1890. Natural History of Victoria: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of All Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. 1-2.
[Article] Yen, Alan L., et al. 2001. McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task. Vic. Nat. 118 (6): 242-255.
