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 |
From H. T. Stainton 20 February 1868
Summary
Sends a preliminary reply to CD’s query [5890]. Ten males to one female among captured micro-Lepidoptera. Six females to four or five males in those he has bred. HTS is aware this is diametrically opposed to information from [Alexander] Wallace and Bates, but the true proportion of sexes can only be ascertained by breeding.
Author: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Feb 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 86: A6–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5903 |
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 |
From H. T. Stainton 7 March 1868
Summary
Protective coloration in butterflies.
[Alexander] Wallace’s suggestion that collecting larger larvae of females accounts for error in counting proportion of sexes.
Author: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Mar 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 86: A19–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5994 |
letter | (7) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Stainton, H. T. | (3) |
Stainton, H. T. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |