On the colours of sexes in Crustacea; the structure of male crabs.
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On the colours of sexes in Crustacea; the structure of male crabs.
WSD is delighted to hear that first edition [of Variation] has sold so well.
Has received a cheque from J. Murray for 30 guineas, double what was agreed upon. Sends a postal order for the five guineas CD sent him [see 5788].
Discusses [Fritz?] Müller’s confusion about ova and pseudova; JL’s Daphnia paper [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 147 (1857): 79–100; see 1979] first demonstrated their structural identity.
Points out a misleading statement in Variation.
CD’s letter encourages Murray to proceed with a new edition of Variation; corrections will cost £176.
First notice has appeared in Pall Mall Gazette [7 (1868): 555].
On blind beetles [see Descent 1: 367].
Development of mandibles in Brentus.
Variability of sizes and colours in spiders; on proportion of sexes; courtship of spiders.
Rejoices over news of Variation sales.
Pall Mall Gazette review [7 (1868): 555, 636, 652] is undoubtedly by G. H. Lewes [see 5951].
Dinner at Lyells’.
Dean Stanley favours a monument to Faraday in Westminster Abbey.
Perceval Wright is back from Seychelles and reports on plants he collected.
JEG and Nathusius on pigs.
Reference to JEG’s paper on African and Indian cats [Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1867): 258–77, 874–6].
WSD expresses his willingness to do further translating for CD. Sends terms of remuneration.
Agrees to help determine the sex ratios in domestic animals.
Slashing article on Variation in Athenæum.
Discussion of relationships of various pigs.
Mentions review [of Variation] in the Athenæum [15 Feb 1868, pp. 243–4].
Comments on adaptive utility of the right hand, an organ still undergoing specialisation.
JEG’s paper on pigs is being printed [Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1868): 17–49].
Colouring in horses.
Sends data from J. G. Jeffreys on the form of shells of the sexes of Mollusca. [See Descent 1: 324, 326.]
Will gladly supply any information he can. Sends Registrar General’s reports; will inquire about the animals.
Proportion of sexes in spiders; coloration.
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.
Discusses the flowers of, and cross- and self-fertilisation in, certain aquatic plants. Gives cases of dichogamy and perfect self-fertility.
Encloses letter (not found) from Australian friend responding to CD’s queries on expression.
Coloration of blind beetles.
Sizes of sexes in Taphroderes.