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Much regrets that ARW cannot attend on Monday.
Proposes to include a paper on the Hymenoptera of the Eastern Archipelago at a meeting of the Linnean Society. Will ARW read his own paper on the subject that evening.
Wonders if there are any Lepidoptera species that are unique to the British Isles, referring to Otto Staudinger's catalogue of European Lepidoptera [Catalog der Lepidopteren Europa's und der angrenzenden Länder, 1861; Catalog der Lepidopteren des europäischen Faunengebiets, 1871].
Invites ARW to visit him as he can answer his questions more satisfactorily in person.
Is away from home without his books but has looked through ARW's proof.
Discusses an observation concerning a blackbird and a hairy caterpillar.
Asks to change their appointment because of a prior engagement.
Invites Stainton to a meeting with the Council of the Entomological Society.
Will not reply to Murray concerning "the affinities of Coleoptera"; Darwin has already written to Murray.
Feels he has done little to deserve the honour that the Entomological Society proposes to give him.
Asks for Stainton's opinion of J. Hübner's classification in his Verzeichniß bekannter Schmetterlinge.
Asks for exact translations of J. Hübner's generic characters in his Verzeichniß bekannter Schmetterlinge.
Asks for information on the comparative freedom of odiferous leaves from attack by caterpillars and other insects.
Asks how many species of Lepidoptera are peculiar to the British Isles.
Could Stainton check a list of species ARW has made from Staudinger's catalogue of European Lepidoptera.
Can Stainton proofread ARW's Lepidoptera of Britain.