From Henry Walter Bates 18 March 1861
Summary
Sends his paper ["Insect fauna of the Amazon valley", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2d ser. 5 (1861): 223–8, 335–61].
Points out three areas of interest arising from the study of the species of Papilio: the derivation of the fauna, the variability of the species, and the permanence of local varieties.
Discusses J. S. Baly’s views on specific differences in reproductive organs [Catalogue of the Hispidae in the collection of the British Museum (1858)].
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Mar 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160.1: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3092 |
To H. W. Bates 26 March [1861]
Summary
Comments on the great extent of variations and on the acknowledgment of the new idea of greater female variety.
Expresses belief that the glacial period did affect the tropics, though HWB’s arguments have confounded him.
Poses a series of questions concerning sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1861] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3100 |
From H. W. Bates 28 March 1861
Summary
Discusses specific varieties, especially geographic varieties.
Comments on the effects of the glacial age on the tropics.
Sexual selection.
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Mar 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160.1: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3104 |
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| Bates, H. W. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
