To Henry Lee 26 November 1871
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov 26 1871
My dear Sir
I am much obliged for your very kind note, the interesting notice, & the photograph.1 You have made, I think, a little mistake about the Lepas. It is the L. Australis, which is confined, as far as I know, to the S. Hemisphere. The L. Hillii is found all over the world, as you will see in my monograph on the Lepadidae.2
My dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Living Cirripedia (1851): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851.
Summary
Thanks HL for his kind note, the interesting notice, & the photograph.
He has made a mistake about the Lepas. It is the L. australis that is confined to the S. Hemisphere. L. hillii is found all over the world. Refers HL to Living Cirripedia [1851].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8086A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Lee
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Kenneth W. Rendell (dealer) (1990)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8086A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8086A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
