To Raphael Meldola   1 January [1878]1

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

In the Decr. nor of Kosmos short article (good) by F. Müller supporting by new facts Weismann’s views with respect to Caterpillars.2 If you care to see it, I would send it by Post.— Can you return to me the nor of Kosmos sent to you on Oct. 22d.?3

C. D.

Jan. 1st—

ApcS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Raphael Meldola, 22 October [1877] (Correspondence vol. 25).
2
The article was the third part of Fritz Müller’s ‘Beobachtungen an brasilianischen Schmetterlingen’ (Observations on Brazilian butterflies; F. Müller 1877a); it mentioned August Weismann’s views on the adaptation of caterpillars to their environment. CD’s copy of this issue of Kosmos is in the collection of unbound journals in the Darwin Archive–CUL; the article is lightly annotated.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11305,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11305