RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Patterson, Notes relative to the Natural History of the dragon-fly. CUL-DAR81.170. 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
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).
Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 362.
Robert Patterson. 1836. Notes relative to the Natural History of the dragon-fly. Transactions of the entomological society 1: LXXXI-LXXXII.
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Transact. Entomolog. Soc. Vol. 1. 1836 p. LXXXI
Mr Patterson states that certain Dragon-flies appear to be attracted by particular colours, thus the species of Agronide [Agrionidæ] settled in numbers on the blue float of a fishing line, whilst 2 other species were attracted by shining white colours.
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