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Sir

In your introduction to your valuable & interesting work which I have just read, you solicit any observations on the subject of your Book which may be likely to be of use to you in any future [???hon]. With this view the of course, pubic in small [????]⁴ I take the liberty of forwarding my Paper on the correlation & distribution of fossil Insects in which you will see that no fossil Insects have as yet been focus in the Cretaceous [zoclis??]⁵ Of Aix’ le [2]Chapelle & that in such a statement Mr Butler made a mistake, probably meaning aix in Provence a more recent Formation of Eocene age This no correct what Prin Nave [?] said in this subject at p[art] 16% vol[ume]⁷. Scan — not say whether any thing else in my Paper wil be of science, fact as I am glad to see that you give more value & weight to fossil Insects than most of our Palaentologist is so & who really than little [3]or nothing about them. I flatter myself you may find some interesting matter on the above

Paper & I shall feel much gratified if it sh[oul]^d interest you | P.B. Brodie

I beg to remain | Sir | Y[ou]rs obed[ien]tly

Hearage Bouniegton, Warwick

Nov[ember]. 22, 1e76

A Wallace Esq.

[4] P.S. Mr Sander inpress me that, many interesting & well presented insect remains have lately been discovered in Tertiary strata in America, which he thinks will [meet], if not surpass the famous quarries at aix in France. Now unfortunately closed.

There is of course no reason why insects sh[oul]^d not be discovered in the Cetaceous rocks of La Chapelle from visually freed there more pap [?] associated with Plants & they may turn up any day. The [hounderfied] flora too, discovered at Spitzbergen [et]c, w[oul]^d lead us to expect tracks of Insects there also I believe a few Elytra of Coleoptera have been found.