RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Lamellicorns. CUL-DAR81.157. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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

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-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).


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Lamellicorns

Some African sp. of Onitis have an extraordinary large double horn on thorax & great spur on pincer, as if to rub together or for some strange purpose

The sexes of Dynastes Pan or Enema Pan doubtful - (omit about Kirby statement)

Kirby, William and Spence, William. 1815-1826. An introduction to entomology. 4 vols. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. [Darwin Library-CUL] Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 372-5.


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