RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Westwood, Memoirs on various species of hymenopterous insects / Draft of Descent vol. 1, p. 338 (fragment). CUL-DAR81.91. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2023. 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-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

Westwood, J. O. 1845. Memoirs on various Species of Hymenopterous Insects. Transactions of the entomological society 4: 123-140.

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Proc Ent. Soc

March 3d 1845 (p 123)

Peridromia Feronia

"small membranous sac" at base of four wings — with a peculiar structure along the subcostal nervure

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(a) (text)

Spiders are provided [text excised]

exhibit much inte[text excised]

seems probable to [text excised]

[Descent 1: 338: "Spiders are possessed of acute senses, and exhibit much intelligence. The females often shew, as is well known, the strongest affection for their eggs, which they carry about enveloped in a silken web. On the whole it appears probable that well-marked differences in colour between the sexes have generally resulted from sexual selection, either on the male or female side."]

 

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