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WCP2336

Letter (WCP2336.2226)

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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"2

I have several times found Clisiocampa neustria or Prunus lauro-cerasus, & once I found a brood of Diloba caeruleocephala on that plant. The vines 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 Entomologist here to whom I can refer you.

Yours very sincerely | H. T. Stainton3

A R. Wallace Esq.

1
Kaltenbach, Johann Heinrich (1807-1876). German entomologist.
2
Kaltenbach, J. H. (Johann Heinrich). 1872-4. Die Pflanzen-Feinde aus der Classe der Insecten. Abtheil 1-3. Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann.
3
Stainton, Henry Tibbats (1822-1892). British Entomologist. Secretary of the Entomological Society of London 1850-52; Secretary of the Linnean Society 1869-74; Secretary of the Zoological Record Association 1871-86.

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Transcribed by Smati, Hannah [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2336,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2336