WCP2305

[1]

Cambridge

Friday

My dear Sir

on [sic] looking through my paper¹ on the azorean, coleoptera I find I cannot unfortunately tell you at all the apterous proportion — most of the species were in small numbers & unfortunately the presence or absence of wings is a character rarely used — & difficult to see without infuring the specimen — The new aculles, laparocerus, tarphius & xanomma are all apterous but I cannot say whether the elaters & my two new genera are or not & have not now the material — out of the 170 European species I do not think many of have become apterous since nearly all seem introduced — I have been working hard at my Coccinellidae — & find the genera elude me at present. [2] but the species & broad groups come out pretty well. I have identified now more of yours — espec some 3 or 4 coelophora — but the great proportion are new. It will not be till next year however that I can describe them as in the smaller things towards the end there are evidently many new genera to establish. I have had so little experience in purchasing exotic coleoptera that I was forced to take the opinion of others & regard 4 & as about their value — if however you should differ from this estimate I hope you will not scruple to let me know.

Yours vry ty | GR Crotch² [signature]