WCP2327

[1]

The Palace. Buitenzorg.

Java

(76 Sloane Street — on

the 24^th. Jan^y.)

9^th. dec^r. '75

My dear Sir,

In your "Malay Archipelago"¹ — & in your "Protective resemblances"² — you do not I think speak of the "living leaves" & "living flowers". You describe the "living sticks" of one kind, if I remember right, — but not I think the" Bamboo insect". are these wonderful creatures — now kept as pets here by Madame de Lansbugh³ & by Mr Tycemann⁴ popularly described anywhere? The "living flower" is an insect preying on live butterflies — & is exactly like a pink orchid. The living leaves are leaf eaters. They [2] have never been brought to England — have they?

Very truly yours | Charles W. Dilke⁵ [signature]