RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1874.05.07-11. Dead Devils Coach Horse / Proof sheet with corrections of Expression, published, p. 231. CUL-DAR57.23. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).

See John van Wyhe, Charles Darwin in Cambridge, p. 42.

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May 7' 1874. 8° 15 A m

Dead Devils Coach Horse

4 leaves round Blue stick

3 bits of wings & of elytra well moistened with saliva to make close

May 8th 9° 2 closely inflected — 2 moderately inflected.

M. 9' 7° 45' The Three with wings still slightly inflected; that with elytra closely inflected.

May 10th 8°. Am. 3 leaves fully exposed still well closed over elytra — I can see no difference in bits of wings (angles as sharp as ever) as in spec. in water for same time.—

May 11 Elytra ─ leaf now opening — do different it & water bit — ∠' quite sharp—

Compare first wing

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[Proof sheet with corrections of Expression, published, p. 231.]

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