The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].06.23. Insects chiefly Diptera. CUL-DAR59.1.111. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2022. RN1

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Insects chiefly Diptera, but many small Hymenoptera & ~~ant~~ some coleoptera & larvæ

p. 17 N. Wales Jun 27 23d [total] 32

Insect [total] 141

Seeds 3 of the leaves ~~with~~ each with a seed

Leaves 11 out of the 32 leaves had 34 leaves, of 4 kinds small Erica tetralix _ land shell

Selected here 39 leaves sent me & examined, of which 32 had insects in them, [illeg]

19 of them had leaves of 4 kinds generally Erica, & many of them [illeg] some if as many as 10

6 had seeds or [fruit] chiefly Carex

average 4.4

[calculations not transcribed]

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)