To Otto Zacharias 17 April [1878]
I have never attended to the insects in question.— I have sent the photographs to London & will endeavour to get the genus at least named.— There may be some delay before I receive an answer.— It seems a beautiful case of protective resemblance.—1
C. Darwin
Ap. 17. Down, Beckenham, Kent
Footnotes
The letter from Zacharias has not been found. The photographs were of insects in the genus Pterochroza, leaf-mimic katydids. CD sent them, and the letter, to Raphael Meldola, who sent them, for confirmation of the name he assigned them, to James Wood-Mason (see Correspondence vol. 26, letter to Raphael Meldola, 17 April 1878, and letter from Raphael Meldola, 23 May 1878).
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Doesn’t know anything about the insects in question, but has sent the photographs on to an expert in London.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11478F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Otto Zacharias
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- AP 17 | 78
- Source of text
- University of Southern California Libraries, Special Collections, Feuchtwanger Memorial Library (Collection no. 0204, Lion Feuchtwanger papers, Box 01)
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11478F,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11478F.xml
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