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and that at some remote time one or m;my forms first appeared 

 upon the earth. Some will say that tln-y appeared spontaneously 

 and others that they were a divine creation, just ;is pres.-ni 

 occurrences are regarded by some as spontaneous and by others 

 as divinely ordained. However, that the debate should tint be 

 checked by philosophy, the author hastens in consider the vari- 

 ous attacks on "Darwinism." the defense, and finally other 

 theories which may be substituted. His style is breezy, such 

 as Englishmen describe as American, and New Kn glanders as 

 Western. 



"Sexual selection is one of Darwin's supporting theories which 

 has nearly gone <piite by the board." In support of this Mayer's 



described. "If there is any moth species in which the colors 

 and general pattern of the male ought to be readily obvious to 

 the female ... it is this species." Mayer found that the 

 females did not prefer normal males to those from which the 

 wings had been clipped, or to those on which the re<bbrown 

 wings of the female had been fastened in place of their own 

 black ones of very different shape. The author believes that a 



