WCP2336

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Mountsfield,

Lewisham,

S.E.

July. 26. 1876

My dear Wallace,

Certainly the aromatic Labiatae enjoy no immunity from insect attacks & several of my own special friends feed on Origanum, Thymus, Battata, Stachys, Glechoma, Clinopodium &c.

The larva of another of my friends Acrolepia assectella lives gregariously in the flower stem of the leek.

But if you seek information on this head as to all orders of insects, I would advise you to consult Kaltenbach's¹ [2] "Pflanzen-feinde"

I have several times found Clisiocampa neustria or Prunus lauro-cerasus, & once I found a brood of Diloba caeruleocephala on that plant. The [1 word illeg.] of my small friend Lyonetia Clerkella I have often noticed in laurel leaves but I cannot say what insect foes the laurel has in a wild state.

I am not aware of any Australian Enterologist here to whom I can refer you.

Yours very sincerely | H. T. Stainton²

A R. Wallace Esq.