From George Robert Crotch 2 October [1868]1
2d oct.
My dear Sir
{ | Fennell. Clytus arietis5 |
Marshall. Cychrus rostratus6 |
Yrs vy ty | G R Crotch
Please tell yr. son that I ordered a pin box for him11—forceps he can’t have just yet—& must shift with ordinary pliers. I believe the beech Tomicus turns out very good if not absolutely new— if he goes to Lullingston again tell him to bring away the hard beech fungus en masse & we will cut it up here for the Cis wh is good I think, & ought to be got.12
G R C
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Fennel, James. 1834. The wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), when impaled, produces an obvious noise and in the following manner. Magazine of Natural History 7: 254–5.
Lacordaire, Jean Théodore. 1834–8. Introduction à l’entomologie, comprenant les principes généraux de l’anatomie et de la physiologie des insectes, des détails sur leurs moeurs et un résumé des principaux systèmes de classification proposés jusqu’à ce jour pour ces animaux. 2 vols. Paris: Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret.
Landois, Hermann. 1867. Die Ton- und Stimmapparate der Insecten in anatomisch-physiologisher und akusticher Beziehung. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 17: 105–84.
Marshall, Thomas. 1833. Cause of sound emitted by Cychrus rostratus. Entomological Magazine 1: 213–14.
Pittman, Susan. 1983. Lullingstone Park: the evolution of a mediaeval deer park. Rainham, Kent: Meresborough Books.
Westring, Niklas. 1845–9. Bidrag till historien om Insekternes stridulations-organer. Naturhistorisk Tidskrift 2d s. 1: 57–70; 2: 334–45.
Summary
Bibliographical references on [stridulation in] Coleoptera. Finds no idea of sex has occurred to authors [i.e., they do not find the stridulating organs differing according to sex; cf. Descent 1: 378–85].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6407
- From
- George Robert Crotch
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 82: A98
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6407,” accessed on 21 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6407.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16