From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Dec] 1861
Source of text:
DAR 205.10: 93
Summary:
Furnishes CD with more information on Volucella and gives him references relating to this and butterfly colourings. States that colours are not necessarily related to resting-places but rather an endowment to enable them to withstand adverse conditions.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project