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From John Blackwall   18 February 1868

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Proportion of sexes in spiders; coloration.

Author:  John Blackwall
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Feb 1868
Classmark:  DAR 86: A2–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5892

From H. W. Bates   18 February 1868

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Has put question of proportion of sexes in insects to the Entomological Society. Quotes H. T. Stainton and F. Smith. Cites some cases mentioned by other members.

Is reading Variation; does not quite understand Pangenesis.

Author:  Henry Walter Bates
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Feb 1868
Classmark:  DAR 86: A4–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5893

From Robert Caspary   18 February 1868

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Discusses the flowers of, and cross- and self-fertilisation in, certain aquatic plants. Gives cases of dichogamy and perfect self-fertility.

Author:  Johann Xaver Robert (Robert) Caspary
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Feb 1868
Classmark:  DAR 76: B173–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5894