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F1827 Periodical contribution: Porter, D.M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(2): 145-233. Text Image PDF

'rings' however, were leaf scars, formed when a leaf dehisces and drops from the stem. This happens far more than once a year. 'King' was Philip Gidley King (1817 1904), Midshipman on the Beagle. Darwin noted in the Zoological Diary, p. 64: 1832 April: May: June Rio de Janeiro ... ... ... ['General observ:' in margin] Whilst I ascended the Concorvado. I measured some of the trees; the circumference. [page] 65 1832 April: May: June Rio de Janeiro ['General Observations' in margin] of the greater

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

633. Acrydium. Rio de Janeiro. Do. ORTHOPTERA: the only 'Acridium' found were described by Walker from Monte Video and may refer here if in fact they were taken on board the Beagle between Rio and Monte Video as the previous and following entries suggest (see entry 630). Acrididae: Acridium sellatum Walker (1870: 585), one in the BM (1845 68) (=Schistocerca gregaria Forsk l, the desert locust). Acridium maculiferum Walker (1870: 622), one in the BM (1845 68). Eynisacris extranea Walker (1870

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

Fig. 1 Syms Covington (photograph by courtesy of Mr Brian Sirl). Henslow (see Barlow, 1967) illustrate how this was effected and some of the considerations involved: Rio de Janeiro, 16 June 1832 [In letter started 18 May] I have determined not to send a box till we arrive at Monte Video it is too great a loss of time both for carpenter and myself to pack up whilst in harbour. Monte Video, 15 August 1832 I have sent home 4 bottles of animals in spirits I have three more, but would not send them

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

Botanic Gardens) 35 King George's Sound (Australia) 15 (map), 29, 30, 39, 92, 93, 98, 100, 107, 108 King, midshipman [PG] 38 King P P (Captain) 114 Kirby W 45 Kirkaldy G W 38, 99 Krause E 11 La Plata 43 Lemuy I (Chiloe, Chile) 83 Lewinsohn R 97 Lima (Peru) 16 (map), 19, 90 Linnean Society of New South Wales 113 Loc go (Rio de Janeiro) 50 Lord Howe, I, 95, 108 Lowes Harbour (Chonos Archipelago) 86 Luxan (Argentina) 90, 97 Lyell C 5 Maca R (Brazil) 50 Madeira 107 Magellan Straits of 17 (map), 18, 68

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F1827 Periodical contribution: Porter, D.M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(2): 145-233. Text Image PDF

collecting specimens to collecting information. Although his primary interests on the voyage were geology and zoology, Darwin collected plants and made observations on vegetation as well (Porter, 1980a). In his first letter to his mentor, the Revd John Stevens Henslow (1796 1861, Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge), Darwin wrote on 18 May 1832 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 'Geology the invertebrate animals will be my chief object of pursuit through the whole voyage.' (Burkhardt Smith

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

water net. Do. Do. Scarabaeidae: Ataenius picinus Harold, one in BM (1885ndash;119), Rio, numbered 529. Ataenius sp., one specimen in BM labelled ex series tenebricosa and six more numbered 529. 530. 531. Insects New genus, habits the same as Elmis, living under stones in running water; differs remarkably from that genus in shape of body, and palpi (and in spear to sternum?) Do. Do. COLEOPTERA, Psephenidae: Psephenus darwinii Waterhouse, C.O. (1880: 563) one in BM, 'Rio de Janeiro', with printed

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

det. label. 574. Coleoptera. Do. Do. See entry 618. 580. Tricoptera (Stephens) allied to in Fungus in forest, the smallest beetle I have seen in the tropics. Do. Do. COLEOPTERA, Ptiliidae: Trichopteryx darwinii Matthews (1889: 193), one in BM (no accession number) labelled 'In fungus in the forest Rio de Janeiro' and a printed number 580. See eponyms. 592. Bee (Social) Burrows its nest in the ground in the forest, projecting tube, with folding edges, leading to its nest. Do. Do. HYMENOPTERA

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

(368) found at Bahia. No specimen found. My colleague Colin Vardy suggests a wasp of the family Eumenidae, possibly Zeta sp. See entries 365 8, 449, 537. 537. Cell made by the latter for its larva (May). No specimen found. 1832 Insects May. Rio de Janeiro 7. 538. Orthopterous insect with Acari Do. Do. No specimen found. 550. Leiodes from Hymenophallus vide [p.] 43. COLEOPTERA, Nitidulidae: one unidentified specimen in BM (1885 119), Rio, with printed number 550 (?Oxycnemis det. R. W. Aldridge

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F1827 Periodical contribution: Porter, D.M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(2): 145-233. Text Image PDF

Nor. 1525 ['282' marked out] Rio de Janeiro Cited above under number 595; presumably also Amphiroa beauvoisii. 77. St. Jago. C. de Verdes 585. Falkland Islands Page 4, although not so numbered: 1529 Nullipora. dark crimson-red. Port Desire Patagonia Cited above under number 595; presumably also Bossea oribigniana. 1463. ['August' added] Bahia Brazil (2 species) Cited below with numbers 3854, 3855, and 3856; presumably also Melobesia mamillaris. 1464 do Halimeda (tidal pools) C. Darwin [signed

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

[names listed] [Various Beagle localities] Collected by Charles Darwin on his late voyage of the Beagle; described by Revd W. Hope. For the continuation of this entry see Folio 839 [on page 839 the names of a further 175 beetles are listed] [Various Beagle localities] Type specimens of species described by Messrs Waterhouse, Westwood Newman in the Annals of Nat. History, Entomologist collected principally by C. Darwin Esq. in the voyage of the Beagle 1885.100. 1 Forficula sp. Rio de Janeiro

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F1817 Book: Barrett, Paul H., Gautrey, Peter J., Herbert, Sandra, Kohn, David, Smith, Sydney eds. 1987. Charles Darwin's notebooks, 1836-1844: Geology, transmutation of species, metaphysical enquiries. British Museum (Natural History); Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Text

D29 bones D35 feet E157 geographic distribution B242, 251, C207−9 poorly adapted B37 species of RN153, B13, 16, C126 wings B251, D60 Rhinoceros C45, QE16, 17 African E60 East Indian B82, 234, D37, E176 fossil C132, E72 geographic distribution B67, 82, 233−4, D37, E60, 174, 176 Indian B241 nature of country inhabited RN85−6, 134 species of B67, 82, 233, 241, C45 Rhododendrons E114−6, QE13 fertilization by insects T93,111, 112 Rhubarb T105, 106, N87 Ribston pippin See Apples Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

449. Ants found in (I do not know whether making) a nest like (368) found at Bahia. Ants do not make it. I found one somewhat similar, filled with half dead spiders, evidently collected by some Hymenopterous insect; It is the case; vide No 536. Rio de Janeiro. May. The nests probably belong to wasps of the family Sphecidae but no specimens have been found (of ants or wasps). Further comment in the Journal (Darwin 1845: 35) includes reference to nests with dead caterpillars as well and probably

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F1827 Periodical contribution: Porter, D.M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(2): 145-233. Text Image PDF

1832 April: May: June: Rio de Janeiro Proceeding to the Coast: the rocks, as at Bahia other Tropical places are frequented by large bodies of Ligia [i.e., Lygyda, Isopoda, pillbugs] Beneath the water are many species of Pilumnus [a genus of Brachyura, crabs]. on the Fuci [Phaeophyta, brown algae] are some Amphipoles [i.e., Amphipholus, Ophiuroidea, brittle stars] many Lamodipodes. Either from the exposed ['site' added] or [illegible word marked out] zone, there were no Stony Coralls

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F1827 Periodical contribution: Porter, D.M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(2): 145-233. Text Image PDF

inches at the height of 2 feet 8 in. from ground. Its altitude in no way corresponds with its great thickness. I should not suppose it was 30 feet high. This tree is supposed to be one of the longest lived that exists. Adanson supposed that some reached to the age of 6, 000 years. This one bears on its bark the signs of its notoriety; it is as completely covered with initials dates, as any one in Kensington Gardens. Dr Robert MacCormick (1800 90) was Surgeon on the Beagle until Rio de Janeiro

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

Entomology on the Beagle voyage On the Beagle voyage entomology took its place with the collection of other animals and plants and all were secondary to geology. Darwin was particularly interested in collecting the smaller, less known, species of insects and wrote to Henslow from Rio de Janeiro on 18 May 1832 (see Barlow, 1967: 55) I am now collecting fresh-water land animals: if what was told me in London is true viz that there are no small insects in the collections from the Tropics. I tell

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F1827 Periodical contribution: Porter, D.M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(2): 145-233. Text Image PDF

are members of the Codiaceae (Chlorophyta). The Beagle was in the vicinity of the Arquipelago dos Abrolhos, 'employed in sounding taking angles' (Barlow, 1933: 46) during 27 30 March 1832. 437. Near Cape Frio, Rio de Janeiro This is the type collection of Amphiroa variabilis Harvey, Nereis austral. 98, 1849: 'Hab. Cape Frio, Mr. Darwin, No. 437. (v.s. in Herb. T.C.D. comm. cl. Darwin)'. There are four mounted specimens and one packet at TCD: 'Cape Frio C. Darwin 437.'; 'Cape Frio C. Darwin 437

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

Australia 27: 115. (Nitidulidae). Named after the town of Darwin, Australia. Heterodiomus darwini Br thes, 1924: 155. (Coccinellidae). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Heteronyx darwini Blackburn, 1889, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 14: 435. (Scarabaeidae). 'N. Territory of S. Australia'. Not based on Darwin material. Hugoscottia darwini Knisch, 1922: 90. (Hydrophilidae, =Enochrus). South America no further locality; see comment in introduction and Insect Notes, 1314. Hydroporus

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F1827 Periodical contribution: Porter, D.M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(2): 145-233. Text Image PDF

spite of his increasing interest in entomology and geology. Perhaps he was compelled to begin again by information sent him by his sister Caroline in a letter dated 20 31 December 1831 (Burkhardt Smith, 1985b: 188), although it was not received by him until 5 April 1832 in Rio de Janeiro: I find Mr Bruce's brother has been almost as great a traveller as you are going to be having passed seven years in Arabia, Egypt, Nubia c these Bruces are related to the Bruce which I did not know before. Mr Bruce

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F1830 Periodical contribution: Smith, K.G.V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. V. Smith. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. vol. 14(1): 1-143. Text Image PDF

Beagle visited countries within their range. The numbers borne by the specimens were not intelligible by Babington. In 1917 the collection was examined by G.C. Champion, who by consulting old literature was able to fix the localities of the big Gyrinid Enhydrus sulcatus, Wied., of Gyrinus ovatus, Aub and of Gyretes glabratus, R gimbart; he attached the labels Rio de Janeiro, C. Darwin to these, but did not think the rest could be traced [see over page]. The full list is as follows: [HYDROPHILIDAE

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