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nydus/Contributions to the Theory of Natural SelectionPublic

This volume collects essays written by Alfred Russel Wallace regarding his independent discovery and development of the theory of natural selection. The author provides corrected and expanded versions of his previous scientific writings to demonstrate the scope and application of his findings.

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INDEX.

  • Cucullia verbasci, 120.
  • Curculionidæ, often protected by hard covering, 120; similar colours of two sexes, 114.
  • Cuviera squamata, 258.
  • Cyclopeplus batesii, 92.
  • Cynopithecus, 196.
  • Cynthia arsinoë, 172.
  • Danaidæ, the subjects of mimicry, 85, 86.
  • Danais erippus, 88; chysippus, 112; sobrina, 179; aglaia, 179; tytia, 180.
  • Darwin, Mr., his principle of utility, 47; on cause of colour in flowers, 127, 262; on colours of caterpillars, 118; on sexual colouration, 260; his metaphors liable to misconception, 269; criticism of, in North British Review, 291.
  • Desert animals, colours of, 49, 50.
  • Diadema, species of, mimic Danaidæ, 86, 87; female with male colouration, 112.
  • Diadema misippus, 112; D. anomala, 113.
  • Diaphora mendica, 89.
  • Dicnyodontia, 299.
  • Dicrourus, 253.
  • Diloba cœruleocephala, 120.
  • Dimorphism, 145; in beetles, 155; in birds, 155; illustrated, 157.
  • Dinosauria, 298.
  • Diptera mimicking wasps and bees, 97.
  • Doliops curculionides, 94.
  • Domesticated animals, their essential difference from wild ones, 38-41.
  • Dotterell, 251.
  • Drusilla, mimicked by three genera, 181.
  • Drusilla bioculata, 180.
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