RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Westwood, Walsh and Kirby. CUL-DAR81.3. 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).
Darwin recorded reading this on 3 May 1843 in his 'Books to be read / Books Read' notebook. CUL-DAR119.- Kirby, William and Spence, William. 1815-26. An introduction to entomology; or, elements of the natural history of insects. 4 vols. London. [Darwin Library-CUL]
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Westwood Neuroptera
37 sexual differences
Coleoptera
Walsh (335) p. 228 - much variability of Horns of Coprophagous
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Kirby Vol IV. Lethrus
Transact Ent Soc. Vol I 3d series male Coleoptera fighting
Westwood, John Obadiah. 1839-1840. An introduction to the modern classification of insects. 2 vols. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF
Walsh, Benjamin Dann. 1864. On certain entomological speculations of the New England school of naturalists. [Agassiz] Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: 207-249. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 335] PDF
Walsh, Benjamin Dann. 1863. Observations on certain North American Neuroptera, by H. Hagen, M.D., of Koenigsberg, Prussia; translated from the original French MS., and published by permission of the author, with notes and descriptions of about twenty new species of North American Pseudoneuroptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2: 167-272. [inscribed][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 336] PDF
Kirby, William and Spence, William. 1815-1826. An introduction to entomology. 4 vols. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. vol. 4 PDF
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