From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1867
Source of text:
DAR 82: A36–9, A46–7
Summary:
Sexual ornamentation of insects: coloration of Epicalia genus [of tropical S. American butterflies];
horned genera of lamellicorn beetles [see Descent 1: 370, 388].
Wallace brought CD’s question about gay-coloured caterpillars before the Entomological Society. Members now seeking explanations.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
