RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1845-1871]. Abstract of Westwood, Memoirs on various species of hymenopterous insects / Draft of Descent 1: 338 (fragment). CUL-DAR81.91. 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 7.2023. 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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Proc Ent. Soc
March 3d 1845 (p 123)
Peridromia Feronia
"small membranous sac" at base of four wings — with a peculiar structure along the subcostal nervure
Westwood, John Obadiah. 1845. Memoirs on various species of Hymenopterous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4 no. 1: 123-140. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U416] PDF
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Spiders are provided [text excised]
exhibit much inte [text excised]
seems probable to [text excised]
[Descent 1: 338: "Spiders are possessed of acute senses, and exhibit much intelligence. The females often shew, as is well known, the strongest affection for their eggs, which they carry about enveloped in a silken web. On the whole it appears probable that well-marked differences in colour between the sexes have generally resulted from sexual selection, either on the male or female side."]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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