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Description: | These drawers contain specimens of Curculionidae (weevils), Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles), Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles), Coccinellidae (ladybirds), Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles), etc.
Many of the specimens bear numbers that must relate to a long-lost notebook. One of a pair of cabinets orginally belonging to George Guyon (1825-1878) who lived in Richmond, Surrey and Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
The collection was acquired by TG Bishop, eventually reaching the Hunterian Museum in 1923. | Subjects: | Entomology; Zoology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | One of a pair of cabinets orginally belonging to George Guyon (1825-1878) who lived in Richmond, Surrey and Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
The collection was acquired by TG Bishop, eventually reaching the Hunterian Museum in 1923. | Identifier: | H-Z153 |
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