WCP1683

[1]

24 Bloomsbury Street London W.C.

Dec 16. 1861

My dear sir,

I write to acknowledge your letter of Dec^r. 3^rd in which you inform me the insects selected come to £37.19.7 & that you had sent back one[?] of M^r Bates¹ [1 word illeg.] species which had not been taken[.]

I wrote to M^r Al^x[?]. Macnaughton² at Edinburgh soon after I had received your previous letter, he wrote back and stated that as soon as he had got the money from his [2] client he would hand over to me the £32 he has not yet however done so, perhaps I had better soon[?] write & remind him again —

I expect M^r Wallace³ in England in april [sic] next, in his last letter he wished me to ask you if you could send him 2 male spec[imen]^s. fine of the true Priamus⁴ from Amboyna in exchange for a fine male Crasus [Crassus],⁵ altho[ugh] he took several Priamii, he did not get a good male, & he says he knows you re[ceive]^d a large number from the late [3] D^r. Doleshall⁶ [sic] —

I am now sorting a large Coll[ectio]ⁿ of Mr Wallace Butt[erflie]^s from Waigiou, Mysol, & N. Ceram, some of them might suit you, I have got Cocytia d' Urvillii [durvillii]⁷ fine for sale @ 20/ each should you or your friend require it —

Shall be very glad to see you next spring in England[.]

I am | dear Sir | y^rs faithfully | Samuel Stevens⁸ [signature]

D^r Felder⁹

D^r. Welwitsch¹⁰ I believe has returned to Lisbon[.]