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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 |
