From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Richard Strachey
Date:
[29 Aug 1873]
Source of text:
The British Library (IOL Mss Eur F127)
Summary:
Writes for CD to thank RS for his very valuable information.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Writes for CD to thank RS for his very valuable information.
No summary available.
Has returned from Egypt because of trouble with his eyes.
Has read George Darwin’s article on consanguineous marriage.
Reports a paper by H. von Kiesenwetter [Berliner Entomol. Z. 16 (1872): 370] on the Malthodes, some species of which appear to have a sex ratio with females greatly outnumbering males, suggesting the occurrence of parthenogenesis.