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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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
