Drawings, nervous system of Sphinx ligustri and Chrysomela tenebricosa by G [George] Newport
Reference number: PT/74/1/21
Date: 01 January 1833
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Plate 13, figures 1-6 and an unpublished figure (labelled here as figure 6) showing parts of the nervous system of the Sphinx ligustri in a pupa state and the Chrysomela tenebricosa [Timarcha tenebricosa; bloody-nosed beetle] in larva and adult states. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'G Newport del 1833'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Zoology / Entomology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the nervous system of the Sphinx ligustri, Linn., (Part II.) during the latter stages of its pupa and its Imago state; and on the means by which its development is effected' by George Newport.
Received by the Royal Society on 6 March 1834. Read 19 June 1834.
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- PT/74/1/21
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1833
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- Graphite on artists' paper
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- 1 page
- Format
- Drawing
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George Newport, Drawings, nervous system of Sphinx ligustri and Chrysomela tenebricosa by G [George] Newport, 01 January 1833, PT/74/1/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_1_21/drawings-nervous-system-of-sphinx-ligustri-and-chrysomela-tenebricosa-by-g-george-newport, accessed on 10 February 2026
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On the nervous system of the Sphinx ligustri (Linn.) during the latter stages of its pupa and its Imago states; and on the means by which its development is effected External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1837
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0167
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 124
1832-1834 Reference number: PT/74/1
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