To Raphael Meldola   19 October [1877]

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Oct 19

My dear Sir

I have received a nor of Kosmos with short, but good article on sexual selection & sexual differences in Butterflies.—1

If you care to see it please send Post-Card

Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Postmark: OC 19 77

1
Fritz Müller was the author of the article in Kosmos on sexual selection in butterflies; it formed the second part of his three-part essay on observations on Brazilian butterflies (Fritz Müller 1877a).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11189,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11189