Darwin Correspondence Project

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

May 21

My dear Bates

Cordial thanks.—

You must not hurry yourself. You understand that I always want male & female.

I shd like

I heard in Chile Chiasognathus Grantii squeaking loudly so I wd gladly pay £1 for a pr, if they can be bought: I brought home a dozen sps. but gave them all away.

If the beetles do not come named, & they prove interesting, I dare say you cd put me up to getting them named.

Will you pay Mr Janson for me? or ask him to send me a mem.? any how I shd like his address so that I might apply for more specimens if the result proves interesting, which I don't expect.

Should you be able to come down the early part of next month & spend the Sunday here; it wd give us very great pleasure to see you & it wd make it pleasant to Mr Jenner Weir who has been extraordinarily kind & whom I want to invite here.

With many thanks | yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin

We cd send to station on Saturday evening & on the Monday Morning.