'Banksian hipparchia' [Banks's brown butterfly] St Mark in September 1784

in September 1784

The Freemasons' Charity School for Girls

This motorcycle and sidecar combination are airborne as they cross Ballaugh Bridge on the TT circuit

Alfred is most reluctant to 'burn his fingers'

'Banksian hipparchia' [Banks's brown butterfly] St Mark in September 1784Entomological studies of Banks's brown butterfly, Heteronympha banksii, an insect native to Australia. Views from above and below. Plate 10 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by Rd. P. Nodder Feby 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in