To C. S. Bate   7 July [1853]

Down Bromley Kent

July 7th—

My dear Sir

I am very much obliged for your note. Your discovery of Alcippe lampas is a very interesting one; & I shall gladly quote you for its discovery.1

Many thanks for your continued endeavour to discover Verruca on limestone: shd. you succeed, by chance, during the next 2 or 3 months, it wd. be in time; & wd. be a valuable assistance to me.—2

I have lately been having drawings made to illustrate the Pupal stage of the larva of Lepas; & I have ventured to have copies made from two of your drawings, just to illustrate the earlier stages. I shall give them as copied from you;3 & I did not go through the form of asking your permission, as I felt sure you would accord it.—

I hope that your professional engagements allow you time to continue your Natural History pursuits.—4

With many thanks | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin

1
See Living Cirripedia (1854): 530.
2
CD had asked Bate to collect specimens of Verruca from Devonshire for him (see letter to C. S. Bate, 10 January [1853]). CD was anxious to have such specimens because he hoped to confirm his hypothesis that Verruca burrowed into the surfaces to which it was attached by means of a solvent which acted only on calcareous matter. Bate was apparently able to find specimens (see letter to C. S. Bate, 30 August [1853], and Living Cirripedia (1854): 514).
3
Bate 1851 (see Living Cirripedia (1854): 104 and Plate XXIX, figs. 8 and 9).
4
Bate, a dentist by profession, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1861 for his work on Crustacea (DNB).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1521,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1521