Drawings, nervous system of Papilio urticae and Sphinx ligustri by G [George] Newport
Reference number: PT/74/1/24
Date: 01 January 1832
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Plate 15, figures 20-27 and 34 and plate 16, figure 36 showing parts of the nervous system of the Papilio urticae [small tortoiseshell] during development and the larva of the Sphinx ligustri. Inscribed with publication, plate details, and captions that correspond to the published plate. Signed in graphite bottom left 'G Newport del 1832'. 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/74/1/24
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1832
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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 Papilio urticae and Sphinx ligustri by G [George] Newport, 01 January 1832, PT/74/1/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_1_24/drawings-nervous-system-of-papilio-urticae-and-sphinx-ligustri-by-g-george-newport, accessed on 14 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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