To H. T. Stainton 11 February [1876]
Summary
Has signed enclosure [Royal Society nomination for McLachlan] with pleasure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1876] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10385 |
To H. T. Stainton 28 September 1881
Summary
Thanks HTS for a Dahlia flower, but analogous cases of such "bud-variation" have been observed before.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 28 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (L MSS DAR A/27) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13359 |
To Henry Tibbats Stainton 20 October [1855]
Summary
Would be useless to insert CD’s name [on masthead of Entomologists’ Annual] since he does not work on insects.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 20 Oct [1855] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1767 |
To Henry Tibbats Stainton 13 April [1856]
Summary
Thanks HTS for Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer [no. 2, 12 Apr 1856]. Agrees with his remarks [in "Why did Mr Westwood get the Royal Medal?"], but explains that a change in rules for awarding the Royal Medal has been made. Earlier it had to be given for publications in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, which explains small number of entomologist recipients.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1856] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 16) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1853 |
To Henry Tibbats Stainton 11 June [1860]
Summary
On what kind of moth have pollen-masses of orchids been found cohering? Will ask Mr Parfitt if he is certain he recognised pollen-masses of bee orchid. CD thinks green masses were those of true Orchis.
[In P.S., having received a letter on subject from HTS responding to same query published in Gard. Chron. 9 June 1860:] It is extremely curious that the same moth has been found with pollen-masses in two parts of England.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 11 June [1860] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2829 |
To H. T. Stainton 20 June [1860]
Summary
Has had a very satisfactory answer from Mr Parfitt. Asks HTS to insert query in Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer and also to answer it himself. ["Do the Tineina and other small moths suck flowers?", Collected papers 2: 35–6.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 20 June [1860] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2839 |
To Henry Tibbats Stainton 18 February [1868]
Summary
Asks for information on coloration and proportions of sexes in butterflies and moths for his work on sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 18 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5890 |
To H. T. Stainton 21 February [1868]
Summary
Discusses factors possibly influencing the sex of caterpillars. Is gathering information on sex ratios in insects and would welcome any cases in which males seem to outnumber females.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 21 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5907 |
To H. T. Stainton 28 February [1868]
Summary
Asks whether the colouring of particular butterflies has any protective function, to ascertain whether the function is other than sexual.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 28 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | E.W. Classey Ltd (dealers) (1974) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5949 |
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 |
