From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 85: B47–8
Summary:
Proportion of sexes in Lepidoptera.
Sexual preference.
Role of coloration [see Descent 1: 311–12].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 82: A11–12, DAR 86: A94
Summary:
On the proportion of sexes in moths; Lepidoptera females command higher prices; quotes Staudinger’s catalogue [see Descent 1: 311–12].
Ticking of Anobium tessellatum [see Descent 1: 385].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 81: 78, DAR 82: A8
Summary:
Otto Staudinger’s catalogue shows prices of female Lepidoptera to be higher than those of males.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 82: A9–10
Summary:
On proportion of sexes;
coloration of sexes in Lepidoptera.
Sexual attraction of female Saturnia carpini.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
