Laemopholeus Axillaris
Thomas Vernon Wollaston published this drawing in his book ‘Insecta Maderensia’ in 1854. In the book he thanks Westwood for providing the illustrations, ‘Particularly, however, would I draw attention to the valuable help which I have received from J. O. Westwood, Esq., whose pencil has been so elaborately employed in the figures which I am thus enabled to attach, and by whom many of the minutest of the dissections were accomplished, — with a degree of delicacy, moreover, to which I did not myself at the commencement of this Work (though I have since succeeded in anatomizing the larger portion of them, likewise) lay claim.’
134. Laemophloeus axillaris, Woll. (Tab. III. fig. 7.). Wollaston wrote the following about this species:
‘One of the most distinct and elegant of the Madeiran Laemophloei. [...] It is, apparently, extremely rare, the only specimen (a male) which has hitherto come under my observation having been captured by myself at the edges of the Levada of the Ribeiro Frio, August 6, 1860.’
134. Laemophloeus axillaris, Woll. (Tab. III. fig. 7.). Wollaston wrote the following about this species:
‘One of the most distinct and elegant of the Madeiran Laemophloei. [...] It is, apparently, extremely rare, the only specimen (a male) which has hitherto come under my observation having been captured by myself at the edges of the Levada of the Ribeiro Frio, August 6, 1860.’
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 496/1911
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Common Name
- Laemopholeus Axillaris
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- John Obadiah
- Production Person Surname
- Westwood
- Production Year Low
- 1848
- Production Year High
- 1852
