To Raphael Meldola 15 May [1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 15th
My dear Sir
I think the enclosed will interest you.— The letter to me need not be returned as I have had the only important passage for my work copied out.—2
In the letter F. M. sent me seeds of Cassia neglecta & several beetles arrived alive, having formed their cocoons, & gnawed their way out of the little peas or seeds.— These elegant beetles, with the knowledge of their manner of development may interest some Coleopterist.3
I hope to hear sometime about Dr Zacharias photographs.4
I received your obliging letter from Paris.5
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Encloses Fritz Müller letter, which may be of interest [see 11463].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11510
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Raphael Meldola
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11510,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11510.xml