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
Footnotes
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).
Summary
Interesting article by Fritz Müller on sexual selection in butterflies, Kosmos [1 (1877): 388–95].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11189
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Raphael Meldola
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- OC 19 77
- Source of text
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11189,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11189.xml
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