<span>Darwin requests from Bates the tabulation of horned beetles, or in the least some general remarks. Also mentions other species mocking Heliconidae, and if full coloured [sic.] were mocked. Darwin asserts his believe in H. W. bates theory. He also encloses a copy of a letter from A. R. Wallace, which requests the observations of what type of catapillar birds devour. Transcription: "March 30 1867 Down. Bromley. Kent. S.C. Dear Bates Would not the tabulating the Horned Beetles be very troublesome if not I certainly [] like to hear the result. But in truth it would be a pity for you to waste or take up much time over the job, for some general remarks, would do very well for my object. Your remarks in answer to my lady-friend(Miss [] daughter of [] of Berkley Hall) are interesting + fairly satisfactory; but it would have been better if it could have been stated what "other objects" [] fruit masked; or </span><span>if it could be shown the same species masked dull-coloured [], for there are the [] gained their splendid colours [] would the markers. Not that I feel a shadow of doubt about the truth of your theory-it must be true. Wallace told me in a letter of the [] case of the white moth + the [] []. I suppose you have, of course, seen his letter to to []; but I enclose a couple of copies.- May [] about [] whenever I go to B. []. I will ask to see the [] + will look at the [] + similarities in the sexes. It [] a capital case. You have [] givem me most valuable information: Dear Bates yours very sincerely Ch. Darwin I have just finished [] read aloud your []. [], + liked it better 2nd time even than 1st time. I shd read your letter to [] as she begged me to do." Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England.The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts</span>
