MARIAN ELLIS ROWAN (1848-1922)

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MARIAN ELLIS ROWAN (1848-1922)

Seventy-eight brightly-coloured moths, in five columns, mostly belonging to the families NOCTUIDAE and ARCTIIDAE (tiger ths). The noctuids include a beautiful Agarista (34,35)

signed 'Ellis Rowan'; watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper
22 x 15in. (55.8 x 38.1cm.)

Ninety moths, in five or six columns, belonging to a variety of families including the NOCTUIDAE. The plate is dominated by four noctuids, Erebus (36,37) and what is probably a species of Parallelia (38,39)

signed 'Ellis Rowan'; watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper
22.1/8 x 15in. (56.2 x 38.1cm.)

Twenty-four moths, in three columns, belonging to the family
NOCTUIDAE (e.g. 3-9, 19-24), the SATURNIIDAE (silk moths, 10-15, 17,18), and the HEPIALIDAE (1,2). Most of the noctuids are examples of the fruit-piercing Othreis and related "yellow underwing" genera, such as Eudocima and Khadira

all signed 'Ellis Rowan'; watercolour with bodycolour on green paper
22.1/8 x 15in. (56.2 x 38.1cm.) and smaller three (3)

Lot Essay

The hepialds, or ghost moths, are of great interest to lepidopterists, being an ancient lineage of moths very well represented in New Guinea and Australia.

one illustrate (the first sheet)

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