. The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex. Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings. Chap. IX. Criistacemis. 269 â weapons well adapted for fighting. Tluis when a Devil-crab {Portunus pubcr) was seen by a son of Mr. Bate fighting with a Carcinus mcenas, the latter was soon thrown on its back, and had every limb torn from its body. When several males of a Brazilian Gelasimns, a species furnished with immense pincers, were placed together in a glass vessel by Fritz Miiller, they mutilated and killed one another. Mr. Bate put a large male Carcmus. Fig. 8. Orchestia Darwi
. The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex. Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings. Chap. IX. Criistacemis. 269 â weapons well adapted for fighting. Tluis when a Devil-crab {Portunus pubcr) was seen by a son of Mr. Bate fighting with a Carcinus mcenas, the latter was soon thrown on its back, and had every limb torn from its body. When several males of a Brazilian Gelasimns, a species furnished with immense pincers, were placed together in a glass vessel by Fritz Miiller, they mutilated and killed one another. Mr. Bate put a large male Carcmus. Fig. 8. Orchestia Darwinii (from Fritz Miiller), showing the differently-constructed cheltB uf the two male forms. mcenas into *a pan of water, inhabited by a female which was paired with a smaller male; but the latter was soon Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. New York : D. Appleton and Company
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