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To Raphael Meldola   1 January [1878]

Summary

Good article by Fritz Müller in Kosmos supporting August Weismann’s views on caterpillars.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  1 Jan [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11305

From Raphael Meldola   2 January [1878]

Summary

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.

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Jan [1878]
Classmark:  DAR 171: 121
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11308

To Raphael Meldola   3 January 1878

Summary

Is dispatching December number of Kosmos.

Will read the discussion on stridulation that RM mentioned.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  3 Jan 1878
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11309

To Raphael Meldola   11 January [1878]

Summary

Thinks there can be no objection to RM’s using a Fritz Müller letter [see 11319].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  11 Jan [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11318

From Raphael Meldola   26 January 1878

Summary

Returns Kosmos.

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

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Jan 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 125
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11332

To Raphael Meldola   12 February [1878]

Summary

Thanks RM for his interesting paper ["Entomological notes bearing on evolution", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 5th ser. 1 (1878): 155].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  12 Feb [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11353

From Raphael Meldola   22 March 1878

Summary

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

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Mar 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 126
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11438

To Raphael Meldola   24 March [1878]

Summary

Asks RM to send a copy of the Entomological Society’s Proceedings to Fritz Müller.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  24 Mar [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11439

To Raphael Meldola   27 March [1878]

Summary

Thinks RM may like to see the enclosed [Fritz Müller letter].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  27 Mar [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11449

To Raphael Meldola   17 April 1878

Summary

Would like to have some insect photographs identified; they seem to show pretty and new case of protective resemblance.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  17 Apr 1878
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11478

From Raphael Meldola   3 May 1878

Summary

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

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

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 May 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 127
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11493

To Raphael Meldola   15 May [1878]

Summary

Encloses Fritz Müller letter, which may be of interest [see 11463].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  15 May [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11510

To Raphael Meldola   20 May [1878]

Summary

RM should take no more trouble over the subject [Otto Zacharias’ photos; see 11510].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  20 May [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11517

From Raphael Meldola   23 May 1878

Summary

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.

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 May 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 128
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11524

To Raphael Meldola   25 May 1878

Summary

Is glad RM will draw up a paper from Fritz Müller’s letter.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  25 May 1878
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11529

To Raphael Meldola   12 June [1878]

Summary

Has received interesting essay from August Weismann on sexual selection in daphnoids [“Schmuckfarben der Daphnoiden”, Z. Wiss. Zool. (1878)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  12 June [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11551

From Raphael Meldola   13 June 1878

Summary

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.

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 June 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 129
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11553

To Raphael Meldola   24 July [1878]

Summary

Does not think the Petunia is anything remarkable.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  24 July [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11627

From Raphael Meldola   30 October 1878

Summary

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

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Oct 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 130
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11730

To Raphael Meldola   31 October [1878]

Summary

Will do his best to provide preface for Weismann’s Studien [see Collected papers 2: 280–1].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  31 Oct [1878]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11732
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