From Frederick Smith 14 March 1878
British Museum
14th. March 1878
My dear Sir
I am greatly obliged by your sending to me specimens of the “harvesting Ant”..1 The facts as presented to us are very curious and new to me—and if there really exist in colonies no intermediate form of mandibles? each race will probably have its special functions— I have communicated with Mrs. Treat and trust you will not think me intrusive in so doing. I shall bring the subject to the notice of the Ent. Society at its next meeting—2
believe me | yours sincerely | Fredk. Smith
Chas. Darwin Esq. F.R.S. | &c.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Treat, Mary. 1879. Chapters on ants. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Summary
Thanks CD for specimens of, and curious facts on, the "harvesting ant".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11422
- From
- Frederick Smith
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- British Museum
- Source of text
- DAR 177: 198
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11422,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11422.xml