From G. B. Sowerby   [1846]

Note for Mr. Darwin relative to his addition to Struthiolaria ornata App. p. 12.

I see no objection to this addition being inserted, provided that the fact of Mr. Cuming having found a living species of Struthiolaria at Arica be given on the authority of Mr. Cuming himself and not on mine.1

Mem: In my opinion the latin of Darwin is Darvinius—that of Sowerby— Soverbius—as w is not a latin letter—Mr Darwin must use his own discretion.2

I percieve Mr Darwin has altered the spelling of Navedad to Navidad— it is a subject with which I am entirely unacquainted & only mention it for Mr Darwin’s consideration.

Trigonocelia p. 4. The observation may properly stand as it is.3

South America, p. 260, where Sowerby stated that this was ‘the only fossil species of this rare genus that he has seen’. Hugh Cuming is not mentioned.
The forms Darwinii and Darwinianus are used in South America. Sowerby named two species of shells after CD.
South America, p. 252.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-939,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-939