From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Mary Anne Theresa Whitby
Date:
14 Oct [1847]
Source of text:
Lehigh University Libraries Special Collections (Honeyman Collection)
Summary:
Thanks for a suite of male and female specimens of Lepidoptera. Lack of difference in size of wings surprises CD; the female’s being smaller than male’s in early growth is new to him. Will ask a friend in India for comparable facts.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project