From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frederick William Hope
Date:
1 Nov 1833
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum (Hope Entomological collections)
Summary:
Tierra del Fuego and the barren coasts of Patagonia are "singularly unfavourable to the insect world". In the tropics, however, CD captured minute Coleoptera by the hundreds – which should result in his bringing home many undescribed species.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project