STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT.

LONDON: PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE,

STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT

BY DR. AUGUST WEISMANN PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG

WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR

TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY RAPHAEL MELDOLA, F.C.S. LATE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

WITH A PREFATORY NOTICE BY CHARLES DARWIN, LL.D., F.R.S. Author of “The Origin of Species,” &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I.

WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES

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