Author: Herrick, Glenn W. (1870-1965). Entomologist. Author of "Insects Injurious to the Household" and other works.
Title: Typed Letter About a Beetle Signed by Glenn W. Herrick.
Description: Ithaca, NY: July 23, 1932. 1932. - 49 words typed on a sheet of New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University / Cornell University Agricultural Research Station letterhead, 10-1/2 inches high by 8 inches wide, with the address and "Department of Entomology" printed at the top. Dated "July 23, 1932". Signed "Glenn W. Herrick". The bottom right corner of the letter is bumped. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good.

Herrick writes to a correspondent in Poughkeepsie, New York: "I can say to you that the small beetles you sent me were not the black vine weevil. This vine weevil is five or six times as large and wellknown to all of us... Very good .

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; ENTOMOLOGY; INSECTS; ENTOMOLOGIST; CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION; CORNELL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE; GLENN W. HERRICK; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; BEETLES; BLACK VINE WEEVIL.

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