'Painted agarista' [Joseph's coat moth] mb-code WA5500754 Watermarked 'J Whatman

Watermarked 'J Whatman

and in the early 1900s competed in motor racing events

the surface of a solid cylinder of human bones

The massed bands playing a celebratory refrain

Lady James of Eltham

'Painted agarista' [Joseph's coat moth] mb-code WA5500754 Watermarked 'J WhatmanEntomological studies of the Joseph's coat moth Agarista agricola, an insect native to Australia. Views of the male and female. Plate 15 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the insect within the text: 'Inhabits New Holland.' The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder. 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836)