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To J. J. Weir   4 November 1876

Down

4 November 1876

[promising to propose him for the Zoological Society, sympathising with his enthusiasm about the Danais ‘… I felt much interest when I read about its spreading into Australia’ and hoping it may become naturalised ‘in this country’.]1

LS incomplete2

1
Weir’s letter to CD has not been found. Weir was elected a member of the Zoological Society of London in 1876 (Science Gossip n.s. 1 (1894): 49–50). On the arrival of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in Australia in 1870, see M’Coy 1873 and Clarke and Zalucki 2004.
2
The original letter is complete with cover and is described in the catalogue as being two pages long.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10698,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10698