To Henry Doubleday 20 March [1868]
Summary
CD asks about HD’s observation of sexual call of Coleoptera.
Also comments on statements by collectors that they breed more females than males from caterpillars. CD had thought this might be accounted for by the collection of largest and finest caterpillars, but Alexander Wallace says the collectors take large and small equally. Does HD agree with Wallace?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Doubleday |
Date: | 20 Mar [1868] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6027 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Doubleday, Henry …
- … To Henry Doubleday 20 March [1868] …
- … Henry Tibbats Stainton . See letter to Henry Doubleday, 1 March [1868] and nn. 3 and 4. …
- … Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin London, Chester Place, 4 20 Mar [1868] Henry Doubleday …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Henry Doubleday, 28 March 1868 . …
- … Henry Doubleday, 8 March 1868 . The references are to the death-watch beetle, now Xestobium rufovillosum , and to Frederick Smith , an entomologist at the British Museum . See letter from Henry …
To Henry Doubleday 8 January [1857]
Summary
Thanks for a kind note, and asks not to answer until better.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Doubleday |
Date: | 8 Jan [1857] |
Classmark: | Dr Heather Whitney (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2037F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Doubleday, Henry …
- … To Henry Doubleday 8 January [1857] …
- … Whitney (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Jan [1857] Henry Doubleday …
- … Bibliography Mays, Robert. 1978. Henry Doubleday: the Epping naturalist. Marlow, Bucks. : …
- … between this letter and the letter from Henry Doubleday, 26 January 1857 ( Correspondence …
To Henry Doubleday [before 5 February 1857]
Summary
Have all varieties been bred from the same set of eggs so that there can be no doubt they are all the same species?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Doubleday |
Date: | [before 5 Feb 1857] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2032 |
From Henry Doubleday 22 April 1868
Summary
On proportion of sexes;
coloration of sexes in Lepidoptera.
Sexual attraction of female Saturnia carpini.
Author: | Henry Doubleday |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Apr 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 82: A9–10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6139 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Doubleday, Henry Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Henry Doubleday 22 April 1868 …
- … DAR 82: A9–10 Henry Doubleday Epping 22 Apr 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to captive females. See letter to Henry Doubleday, 15 April [1868] . Satyrus anthe is now …
- … My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Henry Doubleday C Darwin Esq P.S. Satyrus Anthe is …
- … to Henry Doubleday, 15 April [1868] and nn. 2 and 3). See letter to Henry Doubleday, 15 …
- … Doubleday probably refers to the Entomologist , which was edited by Newman. Newman was also editor of the Zoologist and natural history editor of the Field ( ODNB ). See letter to Henry Doubleday, …
From Henry Doubleday 8 March 1868
Summary
Proportion of sexes in Lepidoptera.
Sexual preference.
Role of coloration [see Descent 1: 311–12].
Author: | Henry Doubleday |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Mar 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 85: B47–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5997 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Doubleday, Henry Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Henry Doubleday 8 March 1868 …
- … DAR 85: B47–8 Henry Doubleday Epping 8 Mar 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to Henry Doubleday, 1 March [1868] . Saturnia carpini , the emperor moth, is …
- … dear Sir | Yours very Sincerely | Henry Doubleday Charles Darwin Esq 1.1 I hope … power— …
- … Doubleday’s observation of white butterflies being attracted to a piece of white paper. See letter to Henry Doubleday, …
- … Henry Doubleday, 1 March [1868] and n. 4). Macrolepidoptera: those families of butterflies and moths whose members are large enough to be of interest to the majority of collectors ( OED ). Henry …
From Henry Doubleday 5 February 1857
Summary
The variations of Peronea caused A. H. Haworth and J. F. Stephens to create 30 or 40 species based on colour and markings. HD was first to be convinced these would be reduced to two.
Discusses species that closely resemble one another;
cites species that differ in variation in different localities;
in some double-brooded species the broods differ markedly in size and colour.
Encloses his list of varieties of Peronea.
Author: | Henry Doubleday |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Feb 1857 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 236 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2047 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Doubleday, Henry Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Henry Doubleday 5 February 1857 …
- … DAR 162: 236 Henry Doubleday Epping 5 Feb 1857 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in DAR 162: 236/1. See letter to Henry Doubleday, [before 5 February 1857] . The ‘Q’ …
- … Stephens 1828–46 . See letter from Henry Doubleday, 26 January 1857 . Peronea cristana is …
- … My dear Sir | Yours very Sincerely | Henry Doubleday C Darwin Esq crossed pencil ‘parallel …
From Henry Doubleday 16 May 1860
Summary
Answers CD’s questions about his experiments with primroses, cowslips, and oxlips. HD is aware experiments must often be repeated many times. Has never met with the oxlip except where primrose and cowslip grow together.
Author: | Henry Doubleday |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 May 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 162.2: 238 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2804 |
To Henry Doubleday 15 April [1868]
Summary
Submits lists of insects [missing] for correspondent to check whether brightly coloured. Wants to determine whether there is any relation between bright colouring, whether in both sexes or one alone, and an unequal number of males and females.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Doubleday |
Date: | 15 Apr [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 82: 121-2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6123 |
From Henry Doubleday 3 April 1868
Summary
Otto Staudinger’s catalogue shows prices of female Lepidoptera to be higher than those of males.
Author: | Henry Doubleday |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Apr 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 81: 78, DAR 82: A8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6087 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Doubleday, Henry Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Henry Doubleday 3 April 1868 …
- … DAR 81: 78, DAR 82: A8 Henry Doubleday Epping 3 Apr 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … dear Sir | Yours very Sincerely | Henry Doubleday C Darwin Esq 1.1 I have … the females— …
- … 1: 312, CD cited Doubleday on this point. See also letter from Henry Doubleday, 28 March …
From Henry Doubleday 3 May 1860
Summary
Has read Origin with pleasure.
Has performed many experiments which confirm his opinion that primrose, oxlip, and cowslip are three distinct species.
Author: | Henry Doubleday |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 May 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 162.2: 237 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2781 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Doubleday, Henry Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Henry Doubleday 3 May 1860 …
- … DAR 162.2: 237 Henry Doubleday Epping 3 May 1860 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … me | My dear Sir | Yours most sincerely | Henry Doubleday C Darwin Esq 3.6 I tried the …
- … Doubleday in Forms of flowers , p. 32, as the first to call attention to the existence of P. elatior in England. See also letter from Henry Doubleday, …
From Henry Doubleday 28 March 1868
Summary
On the proportion of sexes in moths; Lepidoptera females command higher prices; quotes Staudinger’s catalogue [see Descent 1: 311–12].
Ticking of Anobium tessellatum [see Descent 1: 385].
Author: | Henry Doubleday |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Mar 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 82: A11–12, DAR 86: A94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6064 |
From Henry Doubleday 26 January 1857
Summary
Sends specimens of Tortrix, which illustrate the extraordinary variation of markings in two or three species. In every family of Lepidoptera there seem to be species extremely prone to vary and in some localities they vary more than in others.
Author: | Henry Doubleday |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Jan 1857 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 235 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2044 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Doubleday, Henry Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Henry Doubleday 26 January 1857 …
- … DAR 162: 235 Henry Doubleday Epping 26 Jan 1857 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … My dear Sir | Yours most sincerely | Henry Doubleday Charles Darwin Esq I do not want the …
- … and Stephens 1828–46 . See letter to Henry Doubleday, [before 5 February 1857] . Doubleday …
To Henry Doubleday 1 March [1868]
Summary
Has been interested in copy of HD’s letter to H. T. Stainton on numerical proportions of the sexes of insects. Do they vary during different years?
Does he have opinions about the courtships of butterflies?
Will send a copy of his paper on Primula when it is published. [See 5997.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Doubleday |
Date: | 1 Mar [1868] |
Classmark: | George W. Platzman (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5966A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Doubleday, Henry …
- … To Henry Doubleday 1 March [1868] …
- … W. Platzman (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Mar [1868] Henry Doubleday …
- … 1868 . Henry Tibbats Stainton had enclosed a copy of a letter from Doubleday with his …
- … Doubleday had first called CD’s attention to the existence of a form of oxlip ( Primula elatior , the Bardfield oxlip) distinct from the common oxlip in 1860, and had supplied him with seedlings (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter from Henry Doubleday, …
From H. T. Stainton 29 February 1868
Summary
Replies to CD on proportion of sexes in butterflies, coloration of moths, and courtship. Encloses copies of letters on these subjects between HTS, Henry Doubleday, and John Hellins.
Author: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Feb 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 85: B52-3; DAR 86: A16; |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5960 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … copies of letters on these subjects between HTS, Henry Doubleday, and John Hellins. …
- … Descent 1: 311, CD reported that Henry Doubleday and some other entomologists maintained …
- … coming season. H. T. Stainton to Henry Doubleday, Esq. Epping Feb. 25, 1868 M r Darwin …
- … observations will be most valuable. Henry Doubleday to H. T. Stainton Feb. 26, 1868 I …
From John Hellins 20 April 1868
Summary
Gives the evidence on which he relied for his view, which CD thinks is erroneous, of proportion of sexes in Lepidoptera.
Author: | John Hellins |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Apr 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 85: B71–75, B79–82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6133 |
To Otto Staudinger 6 May [1868]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Otto Staudinger |
Date: | 6 May [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 491 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6164 |
To H. T. Stainton 2 March [1868]
Summary
Thanks HTS for his valuable information. Hopes to arrive at probable answer to question of proportion of males to females in the progeny of butterflies bred in domestication.
On courtship of butterflies, CD believes something more than chance is involved in determining which male is successful.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
Date: | 2 Mar [1868] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 23) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5967 |
From H. W. Bates 20 April 1868
Summary
In addition to the drawing of a caterpillar which CD intends to use,
HWB sends information on differences of colour and pattern between the sexes of species of Papilio.
Argynnis diana and A. sagana have females that are brightly coloured, but these may be cases of protective mimicry.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Apr 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 82: A42–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6132 |
To H. W. Bates 15 April [1868]
Summary
CD has questions related to colour differences in the sexes of butterflies, especially in relation to HWB’s paper ["On variation in sexes of Argynnis diana", Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 4 (1865): 204–7].
Mentions that his MS on Lepidoptera [for Descent] is longer than he intended and the information is four-fifths owed to HWB.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 15 Apr [1868] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6120 |
To J. D. Hooker 13 June [1864]
Summary
W. H. Harvey’s dandelion case worth publishing.
Suspects the uniform Primula elatior JDH referred to is a distinct species.
Scott’s paper on Passiflora shows variability of reproductive systems.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 239 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4531 |
letter | (26) |
Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
Doubleday, Henry | (8) |
Babington, C. C. | (1) |
Bates, H. W. | (1) |
Hellins, John | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
Doubleday, Henry | (5) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Bates, H. W. | (1) |
Stainton, H. T. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Doubleday, Henry | (13) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Bates, H. W. | (2) |
Stainton, H. T. | (2) |
Babington, C. C. | (1) |
Hellins, John | (1) |
Kirby, W. F. | (1) |
Staudinger, Otto | (1) |
Trimen, Roland | (1) |
Wallace, Alexander | (1) |