From:
William Kirby
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
14 May 1792
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/6/5, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's assistance with 'Hirudines' paper, including [George] Shaw's observations, queries Shaw's suggestion that his [Kirby's] 'Hirudo crenata' is the juvenile 'Hirudo geometra' of Linnaeus. Planning to compare his living species with Gmelin's descriptions. His work limited by lack of natural history books.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London