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. II.

WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES

London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET
1882
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