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To A. G. Butler   1 July [1871]

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Thanks AGB for "various notes".

Would like to hear his views about the Brahmaea.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Arthur Gardiner Butler
Date:  1 July [1871]
Classmark:  Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 68)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7845

From A. G. Butler   26 May 1871

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Several observations on protective coloration and sexual selection.

Author:  Arthur Gardiner Butler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 May 1871
Classmark:  DAR 89: 104–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7770

From A. G. Butler   2 June 1871

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Facts contradicting Wallace’s views on coloration of Lepidoptera.

Author:  Arthur Gardiner Butler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 June 1871
Classmark:  DAR 89: 108–111
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7797

From A. G. Butler   29 June 1871

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Resemblance of ocelli, in a moth and the argus pheasant.

Mimicry.

Pugnacity of stickleback.

Author:  Arthur Gardiner Butler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 June 1871
Classmark:  DAR 89: 81–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7839

From A. G. Butler   18 July 1871

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Observations on ocelli of Brahmaea certhia.

Monstrosity born to a woman – half bear, half human.

Author:  Arthur Gardiner Butler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 July 1871
Classmark:  DAR 89: 94–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7873
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