From Francis Walker 26 February 1863
Church End | Finchley
Feb 26th. 63
My dear Sir,
I am sorry that I have so long delayed sending you the names of the flies that I received from you1
They are as follows, 1 Eulophus Westwoodii Hymenoptera 2 Tetrastichus Diaphantus chalcidites 3 di caudatus 4 Scatopse brevicornis Diptera They frequent flowers, but the three first are parasitic, or lay their eggs in the bodies of larvæ.—
Believe me | Yours truly | F. Walker
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Collected papers: The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
‘Fertilization of orchids’: Notes on the fertilization of orchids. By Charles Darwin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 4 (1869): 141–59. [Collected papers 2: 138–56.]
Orchids 2d ed.: The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877.
Summary
Identifies flies sent to him by CD. [CD note states that these were found with orchid pollinia adhering to them.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4014
- From
- Francis Walker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Finchley
- Source of text
- DAR 181: 3
- Physical description
- ALS 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4014,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4014.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11