RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1855.03.25. A. White showed me the Papilio turnus. CUL-DAR205.10.81. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. RN1
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"White, Adam, 1817-78. Writer on natural history topics. 1835-63 Assistant in the Zoology Department of British Museum. 1841 described spiders collected by CD in Descriptions of new or little known Arachnida. Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 7 (Jul.): 474, 476, (F2011). 1846 FLS. 1854 W applied for Chair of Natural History Edinburgh with printed testimonials, one by CD, but withdrew them on hearing that Edward Forbes had applied. 1859 Roland Trimen's reminiscences to Poulton, "I was at work in the next compartment to that in which Adam White sat, and heard someone come in and a cheery mellow voice say 'Good-morning Mr. White;—I am afraid you won't speak to me any more'...Ah, Sir! if ye had only stopped with the Voyage of the Beagle!". Poulton, Darwin and the Origin, 1909, p. 214. 1863 W retired from BM with mental illness. 1864 W reprinted testimonials, including CD's, with additions, to obtain paid lecturing in Edinburgh, his native town to which he had retired. 1877 CD to Günther, "that poor mad creature". CCD25:107." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)
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March 25/55 (3)
A. White showed me the Papilio turnus which is a negro var. of the american Swallow tail (⸮ is this also P. turnus) which is found from Arctic ocean to S. United States, & which is nearly double the size in S. compared to north.—
The Cerambycidæ vary vastly in size.—
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