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.RS. 



Author of " The Origin of Species," &<r. 



IN TWO VOLUMES 

 VOL. I. 



WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES 



lontiott; 



SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON 



CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET 

 1882 



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