RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1857.03.07. [Frederick Smith on Coprophagous Beetles]. CUL-DAR205.1.68. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2021. RN1
NOTE: The brown crayon number '10' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Rudimentary & abortive organs.
Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.1 contains notes on rudimentary organs.
[68]
March 7th / 57/
Mr F. Smith says he has observed in some Coprophagous Beetles that it was difficult to get any with perfect tarsi – so with white in Brit. [Museum], & so my memory bears on species without Tarsi – like my tuco-tuco case.
10
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
File last updated 25 September, 2022