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DCP-LETT-5890

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
18 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 20)
Summary:

Asks for information on coloration and proportions of sexes in butterflies and moths for his work on sexual selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5903

From:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 86: A6–7
Summary:

Sends a preliminary reply to CD’s query [5890]. Ten males to one female among captured micro-Lepidoptera. Six females to four or five males in those he has bred. HTS is aware this is diametrically opposed to information from [Alexander] Wallace and Bates, but the true proportion of sexes can only be ascertained by breeding.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5907

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
21 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 21)
Summary:

Discusses factors possibly influencing the sex of caterpillars. Is gathering information on sex ratios in insects and would welcome any cases in which males seem to outnumber females.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5949

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
28 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
E.W. Classey Ltd (dealers) (1974)
Summary:

Asks whether the colouring of particular butterflies has any protective function, to ascertain whether the function is other than sexual.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5960

From:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 85: B52-3; DAR 86: A16;
Summary:

Replies to CD on proportion of sexes in butterflies, coloration of moths, and courtship. Encloses copies of letters on these subjects between HTS, Henry Doubleday, and John Hellins.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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