To John Lubbock [March? 1856]1
[Down]
My dear Lubbock
I am heartily sorry I shall not see this afternoon. I was last week at B. Mus. & was told that you were examining the new Cynips.2 It occurred to me that you shd. examine the galls for undeveloped males, so I brought some for you.3 They say that you must mind that a parasitic Hymenopt. on the Cynips is common in these galls.—
No more at present for I am good for nothing in this world but to growl.
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
JL is studying Cynipidae. CD sends galls for his examination.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2028
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 263: 10 (EH 88206459)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2028,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2028.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7 (Supplement)