RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Heer O., 'Annals and Magazine of Natural History'. CUL-DAR48.A9. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. 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 volume CUL-DAR48 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 8 'Transitions of Organs'. Notes on bees' cells for origin of species theory.
O. Heer. On the house ant of Madeira. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 17: 322-332.[A9]
Annals & Mag of N. Hist (2d s.) XVII. 1856 p. 331 O. Heer says that near Seville the atta capitata Lat. have neuters or labourers with small heads & soldiers with large; "but between these, transitional forms are found, which is never the case with our Oecophthora" (of Madeira.
See Bates Amazon Mem. Fritz Müller 2 sorts of males.
Difficulties of Transition
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