Catalogue of the collections / Comp. by E.M. Holmes.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    Aplddoe. [1], vol. x., p. 127; and for fig. of insect, P. J. [1], vol. vii., pp. 310, 311. Hoquin-Tandon, Med. Zoology, p. 155. They are said to be produced on the branches of Ehus semialata. Murr. See JRepert. filr Pharm., 3tte Eeihe, Bd. v., Heft. L, p. 26, 1850 ; also Hanbury Science Papers, p. 266. b. Japanese galls. Note.—These galls, which are imported from Japan, are rather smaller than the Chinese galls, and of a browner colour. They are probably produced on a species of Ehus in Japan. For fig., see Technologist, vol. i., p. 183; vol. ii., p. 234. COCCIDM. 766. Coccus Cacti, L. (Cochineal Insect.) a. Insects in situ, preserved wet. b. Ditto, preserved dry. Note.—For fig. of the plant on which the insect feeds, and for figs, of the insect, see Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., pp. 758, 759. c. Male and female insects with their cocoons. d. Cocoons. e. Silver grain cochineal, from Mexico. /. Good commercial specimen. g. Granilla. h. Ditto, sifted and garbled. i Cochineal garblings. j. Black grain cochineal, from Honduras. h. Ditto, inferior quality. I. Ditto, granilla. Note.—The black grain cochineal differs in having been dried by artifi- cial heat, by which the white secretion with which they are covered is destroyed. Granilla consists of the very small insects. A white appear- ance is sometimes given to dark cochineal by means of powdered sulpbate of barium. Specimen b was presented in the living state by Dr. Dyce Duckworth. 767. Coccus Lacca, Kerr. a. Stick lac, with a portion of the leaves and stem of the plant on which it was found. Note.—This specimen was slightly damaged during the sea voyage. b. Light-coloured stick lac. c. Stick lac, from Patna. d. Ditto, from Siam. e. Ditto, from Singapore. /. Ruby Button lac. g. Liver-coloured Button lac, from Bombay. h. Orange-coloured Button lac, 1st quality. Note.—The different qualities of Button lac are known in commerce as bloods. i. Garnet lac.