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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Manuel de l'educateur de vers a soie. CUL-DAR81.97. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Robinet Vers a Soie 1848

p. 267 Female cocoons heavier

p. 272 As males of one day are preserved to next, in case there shd not be enough - it is clear, I think, that one male will fertilise more than one female

p. 273 After impregnation begin to lay within an hour.

p 274 on third day one rejects the females as they lay so few afterwards as not worth the saving. [This] shows that oviposition goes on for a time, during which the life of the female very precious.

[illeg] so feeble each female is given a m

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