Some observations by EL on moths visiting flowers.
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Some observations by EL on moths visiting flowers.
Thanks CD for comments [on Entstehung des Menschengeschlechts].
Comments on Goethe and Kant as early evolutionists.
Describes birth of his son. Mentions child’s "atavisms".
Observations on a Sphinx moth; attraction of dark spots.
Asks permission to dedicate to CD his book on the fossil animals and geology of Attica [Animaux fossiles et géologie de l’Attique (1862–7)]. CD will find much in it relating to the "filiation" of species, genera, and families.