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Studies in the Theory of Descent, Volume I

Name: Studies in the Theory of Descent, Volume I
Author: Weismann, August, 1834-1914; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Meldola, Raphael, 1849-1915 [Translator]

作者：Weismann, August, 1834-1914; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Meldola, Raphael, 1849-1915 [Translator]
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STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT.
BY
TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY
WITH A PREFATORY NOTICE BY
WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES
PREFATORY NOTICE.
CHARLES DARWIN.
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.
AUGUST WEISMANN.
CONTENTS.
ON THE SEASONAL DIMORPHISM OF BUTTERFLIES.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
ON THE FINAL CAUSES OF TRANSFORMATION.
THE ORIGIN OF THE MARKINGS OF CATERPILLARS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
ON PHYLETIC PARALLELISM IN METAMORPHIC SPECIES.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MEXICAN AXOLOTL INTO AMBLYSTOMA.
ON THE MECHANICAL CONCEPTION OF NATURE.
I.
II.
STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT.
ON THE SEASONAL DIMORPHISM OF BUTTERFLIES.
I.
THE ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEASONAL DIMORPHISM.
II.
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM AND CLIMATIC VARIATION.
III.
NATURE OF THE CAUSES PRODUCING CLIMATIC VARIETIES.
IV.
WHY ALL POLYGONEUTIC SPECIES ARE NOT SEASONALLY DIMORPHIC.
V.
ON ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS.
VI.
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.
APPENDIX I.
EXPERIMENTS.
EXPERIMENTS WITH ARASCHNIA LEVANA.
EXPERIMENTS WITH PIERINÆ.
APPENDIX II.
EXPERIMENTS WITH PAPILIO AJAX.[58]
50 30 males, 20 females.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS WITH PAPILIO AJAX.
From lot No. 1, fourteen days, came:--
From lot No. 2, twenty days, came:--
1 female _Marcellus_, with single red spot.
From lot No. 3, twenty-five days, came:--
EXPERIMENTS WITH PHYCIODES THAROS.
EXPERIMENTS WITH GRAPTA INTERROGATIONIS.[64]
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.
PLATE I.
PLATE II.
END OF PART I.
STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT.
ON THE FINAL CAUSES OF TRANSFORMATION.
THE ORIGIN OF THE MARKINGS OF CATERPILLARS.
INTRODUCTION.
I.
ONTOGENY AND MORPHOLOGY OF SPHINX-MARKINGS.
THE GENUS CHÆROCAMPA, DUPONCHEL.
CHÆROCAMPA ELPENOR, LINN.
CHÆROCAMPA PORCELLUS, LINN.
THE GENUS DEILEPHILA, OCHSENHEIMER.
DEILEPHILA EUPHORBIÆ, LINN.
DEILEPHILA NICÆA, DE PRUNNER.
DEILEPHILA DAHLII, TREITSCHKE.
DEILEPHILA VESPERTILIO, FABRICIUS.
DEILEPHILA GALII, FABRICIUS.
I now proceed to the _Livornica_ group.
DEILEPHILA LIVORNICA, ESPER.
DEILEPHILA ZYGOPHYLLI, OCHSENHEIMER.
DEILEPHILA HIPPOPHAËS, ESPER.
THE GENUS DEILEPHILA: SUMMARY OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS.
TABLE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPECIES OF DEILEPHILA.
THE GENUS SMERINTHUS, LATREILLE.
SMERINTHUS TILIÆ, LINN.[97]
SMERINTHUS POPULI, LINN.
SMERINTHUS OCELLATUS, LINN.
THE GENUS MACROGLOSSA, OCHSENHEIMER.
THE GENUS PTEROGON, BOISD.[115]
PTEROGON ŒNOTHERÆ, FABR.
THE GENUS SPHINX, LINN.
THE GENUS ANCERYX, BOISD.
II.
CONCLUSIONS FROM PHYLOGENY.
III.
BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF MARKING IN GENERAL.
IV.
BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF COLOUR.
V.
BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF SPECIAL MARKINGS.
VI.
OBJECTIONS TO A PHYLETIC VITAL FORCE.
VII.
ON PHYLETIC PARALLELISM IN METAMORPHIC SPECIES.
INTRODUCTION.
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber’s Notes