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Wishes to borrow third part of Fritz Müller’s article on sexual selection in butterflies [Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 218–24].

Is forwarding material on stridulation, including Prof. Wood-Mason’s paper ["Note on Mygale stridulans", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1877): 281–2], which should interest CD.

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Returns Kosmos.

Thanks CD for permission to use Fritz Müller’s last letter, which contains new observations.

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Encloses proof of the Entomological Society’s Proceedings for February to show the use he has made of Fritz Müller’s letter [see 11319].

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Will exhibit the photos at the Entomological Society and have them identified.

Fritz Müller’s observations on relative abundance of mimicking and mimicked species.

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Prof. Wood-Mason has examined Otto Zacharias’ insect photographs and confirmed the genera.

RM is going to work up Fritz Müller’s observations into a paper.

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Would like to read Weismann’s essay on Daphnidae.

Fritz Müller’s paper on odours emitted by butterflies was read at last Entomological Society meeting.

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Plans to produce a translation of Weismann’s Studien zur Descendenz-Theorie [1875–6] and would welcome a preface from CD.

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Thanks for agreeing to write the preface for RM’s translation of Weismann.

Will arrange to meet CD when he comes to London.

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Thanks for preface. When RM’s translation is complete, would like CD to expand it slightly to refer to overlap between Weismann’s observations and CD’s theories.

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Is making progress with the Weismann translation.

Wonders whether Francis Darwin would give a botanical lecture at a Bayswater school.