1854 Plate 28 - Assassin Flies - Emmons

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EBENEZER EMMONS

Plate 28 - Assassin Flies

PLATE 28. Fig. 1. Syrphus philadelphicits. 2. Undescribed ? 3. MlLESIA VIRGINIENSIS. 4. Undescribed ? 5. Laphira thoracica. 6. Laphira tergissa. 7. Mxtsca (Cahphora) yomitoria. 8. Laphira? sericea. 9. Sarcophaga georgina. 10. tabanus plumbeus. 11. Midas pilatus. 12. tabanus americanits.

1854
Lithograph, Hand Colored
Sheet Size 11.25 x 8.75 inches
Publisher: C Van Benthuysen, Albany
VG condition with light soiling to plate

PrintMaker
Ebenezer Emmons (May 16, 1799 October 1, 1863), American geologist and author, with an interest in geology and fossils.

Drawn By
Ebenezer Emmons Jr , Artist and Illustrator, son to author and geologist Ebenezer Emmons (1799-1863)

Engraver
Richard H Pease (1813-1869), American engraver, lithographer and printer from Albany, New York

From Natural History of New York. Agriculture of New - York: Composition and Distribution of the Soils and Rocks...More Common and Injurious Species of Insects., 1854.