To Raphael Meldola   26 March [1873]

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. [16 Montague Street, London.]

March 26th

Dear Sir

I write one line to thank you for your note.— Your exception almost proves the rule.—1 I hope that you will before long continue & complete your researches on mimetic forms.—2

Dear Sir

Meldola had provided CD with an example of sexual difference in the ocelli on the wings of a species of butterfly (see letter from Raphael Meldola, 24 March 1873 and n. 1).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8823,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8823