Unpublished paper, 'On injuries inflicted on plants by aphides [aphids] especially in relation to the present epidemic in the potato and other plants' by Alfred Smee Smee writes on the destructive power of aphids (Aphidoidea), describing the appearance of aphids including the 'elongated lancet' and rostrum which are used to break up the cellular tissue of plants and 'suck the juices to satisfy the wants of the creature'. Annotations in ink throughout. Subject: Botany Received 7 December 1846 / 10 December 1846. Written by Smee at 7 Finsbury Circus [London]. 6 December 1846