To William Harris1 4 March [1851]
Down. Farnborough Kent
March 4th.
My dear Sir
At last I have finished the last proof of my little monograph, & am enabled to return you your specimens with very many thanks. I hope that they will reach you quite safely. I have named two new species from your collection;2 I have no doubt it contains several other new forms, but all your specimens are so young that I dare not attach names to them.3 I have enclosed a catalogue of such specimens, as I could venture even approximately to name.— One of the species described from your specimens viz. S. tuberculatum, is an unusually well-defined & interesting species.— You have but few specimens of it; otherwise I shd. have begged for one or two to present to the British Mus. with the rest of my collection.—
Once again accept my best thanks & believe me, dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin
The second species, described from your collection, P. semilatus is a unique specimen.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Fossil Cirripedia (1851): A monograph on the fossil Lepadidæ, or, pedunculated cirripedes of Great Britain. By Charles Darwin. London: Palaeontographical Society. 1851.
Summary
Has finished the last proof of his monograph [Fossil Lepadidae] and returns WH’s specimens. Has named two new species from the collection.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1393
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Harris
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 42579: 233–4)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1393,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1393.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
