The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Dr Staudinger List. CUL-DAR81.78. 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).

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Saturnia carpini or European very beautiful.

State expressly that males are attracted by odour & have antennae developed - ♀ choose habitually or occasionally beautiful males, & beauty [illeg] in the two both sexes –

I [illeg] believe because I cannot persuade myself display for nothing - from weak argument of analogy & still weaker no other Explanation of beauty

Males Saturnia attracted by smell

Number of sexes

Dr O. Staudinger

Berlin

{Saturnia Spilosoma} beautiful??

Weir case of Spilosoma

See letter

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Dr Staudinger List

I think all used but kept for Chance of being wanted

[Descent 1: 312, n64: "'Lepidopteren-Doubblettren Liste,' Berlin, No. x. 1866."]

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