From H. W. Bates [1 December] 1861
Summary
Furnishes CD with more information on Volucella and gives him references relating to this and butterfly colourings. States that colours are not necessarily related to resting-places but rather an endowment to enable them to withstand adverse conditions.
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Dec] 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.10: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3336 |
To J. D. Hooker 1 December [1861]
Summary
Rudimentary ovules of Acropera.
High opinion of Bates.
Orchid anatomy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 1 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 135 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3337 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
