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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
23 February [1867]
Source of text:
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/9/58
- Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 178]
- Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 227-228]
Summary:
Asking ARW's opinion, at H. W. Bates' suggestion, on the reason for the bright colouration of some caterpillars; says his health has been bad.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project