Aspidiotus auranth and Aspidiotus ficus Bow Lane David Hemmings is in Ireland

David Hemmings is in Ireland to film Alfred The Great

Rolls & Company became the London agents for the cars in 1905 through the Orleans Motor Company (the New having been dropped to avoid any perceived links with America)

the Prince and Princess of Wales had set off on a visit to Ireland and this cartoon shows them enjoying their holiday in Ireland

At the outbreak of the war all Londoners were given gas masks in case of attack

Inscription: 'Plate

Aspidiotus auranth and Aspidiotus ficus Bow Lane David Hemmings is in IrelandPlate 1, 'Monograph of the Coccidaeof the British Isles', by Robert Newstead (Ray Society, 1900 1902). Figures 1 6 Aspidiotus auranth, view of the insects at natural size on orange rind and other details, including puparium: figures 7 14 Aspidiotus ficusa view of the insects at natural size on a ficus leaf and other details including puparium. Individual illustrations are pasted together on a single piece of board: the lower portion is signed 'R.