Summary
Watercolour and pencil illustration (D600) of two species of cicada, a Redeye, Psaltoda moerens, and a Greengrocer, Cyclochila australasiae, by Arthur Bartholomew, 26 May 1880, for Plate 50 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
Description of Content
Redeye/Greengrocer, Psaltoda moerens/Cyclochila australasiae by Arthur Bartholomew. Drawing, pencil, watercolour and ink on paper, 26 May 1880, 29cm x 19cm. Drawing for Plate 50 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
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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
Watercolour & Pencil
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Technique
Scientific illustration
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Support
Paper
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Plate Number
50
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Drawing Number
D600
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State
Illustration
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Primary Inscriptions
A Bartholomew / May 26th./80- / No 600
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Secondary Inscriptions
[figure numbers]
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Tertiary Inscriptions
finer chalk work / set off stone in brown for moths and purple for frogs [this text is crossed out in same hand] / body brown and purple leaving hairs / leave out [ill][colour notes] / [dims and figure numbers]
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
(Germar, 1834)
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Preferred Common name
Redeye Cicada
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Other Common Names
Red-eye Cicada
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Subphylum
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Class
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Superfamily
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Genus
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Species Name
moerens
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
19 cm (Width), 29 cm (Height)
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Maximum dimensions
188 mm (Width), 292 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation. width 185-188 [irreg.] height 281 - 292 [irreg.]
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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.