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DCP-LETT-8823

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Raphael Meldola
Date:
26 Mar [1873]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350, Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Summary:

Thanks RM for note on ocelli.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8970

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
9 July [1873]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350 Box 1 Wallace MSS)
Summary:

Forwards photograph, sent by [J. L. G.] Krefft, of a chrysalis attached to its food-plant; the chrysalis has adjusted its colour remarkably.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9006

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Raphael Meldola
Date:
13 Aug [1873]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Summary:

Thanks RM for his paper on mimicry.

Cannot answer RM’s query because he believes it impossible to define large variations.

Believes monstrosities are generally injurious and are not often, if ever, taken advantage of in nature.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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