From G. R. Waterhouse   [11 July 1845]

My dear Darwin

I have not yet had the separate copies of my paper¹ sent me & fear more than a week has passed since you wrote— The following are the only species of Beetles in your collection of which I have been able to obtain the habitats Creophilus—? apparently a new species (from under a dead bird in Chatham Is^d. Ammophorus galapagoensis, from Chatham Island ————— bifoveatus from James Island There is a third species Amm. obscurus which was pinned, perhaps it was from a diff^t Island Pedonœces galapagoensis James Island ———— pubescens Chatham Is^d. ———— costatus (a third species not labelled) Apate spe—? Chatham Is^d. Ormiscus variegatus Charles Is^d Otiorhynchus cuneiformis Charles Is^d.

In none of these cases—though of some of the species there are several specimens—do I find the same species from different Islands—²

M. De Selys Longchamps,³ a great man for the Neuroptera has been here— I got him to look at the dragon fly from the Galapagos—he said he thought it was a new species & that it was an American form—i.e. Brasilian—

I write in great haste, having an appointment to attend to immediately

Believe me | faithfully yours | Geo. R. Waterhouse

Of a new genus of Heteromera to which I have given the name Stomion, there are three species— I wonder whether they came from diff^t. Islands?