RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1871. CUL-DAR89.51. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).


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Transact Ent. Soc 1871. Part V. p. XXXIX - 2 species of Libellulidæ in one of which sexes differ much, & the ♀ resemble both sexes of allied species, in which sexes do not differ.

p. do Female Ephemeridae full of eggs are devoured by Fishes, not so the ♂s. Westwood.

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[part of draft of Expression, chapter 9, p. 235.]

Decision or determination. [words excised:] The firm closure of the

mouth tends to give an expression


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