From Albert Hugh Jones 17 November 1869
Shrublands, | Eltham, | S.E.
17 Nov 1869
Dear Sir,
On the other side I have much pleasure in sending you particulars as regards sexes of Lepidoptera, reared this season. I am sorry I have so few to record, but hope to do better for you next season.1
I am, Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Albert H Jones
Profr Darwin
Lepidoptera reared from Egg. | ||||
Eriogaster Lanestris | 73 | ♀ | 68 | ♂ |
Orgyia Pudibunda2 | 17 | ♀ | 14 | ♂ |
90 | ♀ | 82 | ♂ | |
Lepidoptera reared from Larvæ collected | ||||
Bombyx Castrensis3 | 22 | ♀ | 32 | ♂ |
112 | ♀ | 114 | ♂4 |
CD annotations
♂ | ♀ |
364 | 3115 |
114 | 112 |
478 | 423. |
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Statistics on sexes of Lepidoptera reared this season. [See Descent 1: 313.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6993
- From
- Albert Hugh Jones
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Eltham
- Source of text
- DAR 86: 77–8
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6993,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6993.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17