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Can only report from a 'general point of view', as he has little knowledge of the species. The paper would be 'out of place' in the Philosophical Transactions, in it's current form.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society 1881].

Reference number
RR/9/41
Earliest possible date
07 January 1882
Physical description
Letter on paper and typed copy on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript
Typescript

Creator name

Robert McLachlan

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Robert McLachlan, Referee's report by Robert McLachlan, on a paper 'The prehensores of male butterflies of the genera Ornithoptera and Papilo' by Philip Henry Gosse, 07 January 1882, RR/9/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_41/referees-report-by-robert-mclachlan-on-a-paper-the-prehensores-of-male-butterflies-of-the-genera-ornithoptera-and-papilo-by-philip-henry-gosse, accessed on 11 October 2024

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