RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868-1871]. Draft of Descent. CUL-DAR81.153. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN2

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* See Sir J. Lubbock's description in Transact. Ent. Soc. Vol IV. New series 1856-1858. And Transact Linn. Soc Vol. XXIII p. 173. See excellent figures in Annals & Mag of Nat. Hist. in Vol XI 1853 Pl I & X & in vol XII. 1853 Plate VII.—

Also [words illeg] & Fritz Muller antennæ Zig-Zag. p. 210 footnote.

* B Niles Edward idem [illeg] 2 p. 42

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from those of the female; & so it is to an extraordinary extent with with one of the antennæ in same of the lower crustaceans

(I must allude to [illeg] discussion on legs & antenna of the crustacean) as I hear from Sir J Lubbock as all the unequal legs in same crust. as [illeg] wd have [illeg] C. P. Bate; but what are they are they an absolutely necessary for this object, they would come under the head one leg of the primary sexual organs; for will not have strictly depended on it

Lubbock, John. 1856. On some Entomostraca collected by Dr. Sutherland, in the Atlantic Ocean. [Read 7 January.] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London n.s. 4: 8-10. PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 329, n5: "See Sir J. Lubbock in 'Annals. and Mag. of Nat. Hist.' vol. xi. 1853, pl. i. and x.; and vol. xii. (1853) pl. vii. See also Lubbock in 'Transact. Ent. Soc.' vol. iv. new series, 1856-1858, p. 8. With respect to the zigzagged antennæ mentioned below, see Fritz Müller, 'Facts and Arguments for Darwin' 1869, p. 40, foot-note."


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