RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Wood, Proceedings Entomological Society, 1868. CUL-DAR81.129-130. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1
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Proc. Ent. Soc. July 6 - 1868 p. XXVII.
Mr T. W. Wood, speaking of the Saturniidae says that they resemble the Papilionidae "both in form & habits"
"for instance, the gentle waving up & down of the wings, as of for display, as observed in these moths, which is more characteristic of diurnal than of nocturnal Lepidoptera." The Saturnia include some of the most beautiful of all moths, on females their wings decorated with fine ocelli, as in our Brit.Emperor; & Mr Wood has made the interesting observation, that they [line illeg]
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Proc. Ent. Soc. July 6 - 1868. Mr T. W. Wood
The attitudes & habits of certain Saturniæ furnished with fine ocelli similar to those of Papilio, as "the gentle waving up & down of the wings, as if for display, as observed in these moths, was more characteristic of diurnal than of nocturnal Lepidoptera."
[Darwin quoted this in Descent 1: 397-8.]
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