From:
Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Jan 1880
Source of text:
DAR 164: 1
Summary:
Sends a copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Sends a copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
On instinct in insects. Intends to experiment as CD proposes.
Comments on JHF’s book [Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)].
Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin about a wasp cutting off wings of fly.
Sorry JHF is opposed to descent theory.
Suggests experiment concerning insects’ sense of direction.