To H. T. Stainton   20 June [1860]

Down Bromley Kent

June 20th

Dear Sir

I am very much obliged for your second note. I have had a very satisfactory answer from Mr. Parfitt, who is evidently a careful & conscientious observer.—1

Would you kindly insert enclosed question in the Intelligencer, & answer it yourself, if it lies in your power.—2

Dear Sir | Yours truly obliged | C. Darwin

The Natural History Museum (General Library, MSS DAR)

Endorsement: ‘1860’

1
The letter from Edward Parfitt has not been found. See letter to H. T. Stainton, 11 June [1860].
2
See letter to Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer, [20 June 1860]. The letter was published in the issue of 30 June 1860, p. 103. See also Collected papers 2: 35–6.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2839,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2839