WCP3361

Letter (WCP3361.3329)

[1]

The Dell, Grays, Essex

Jan[uar]y. 19th. 1876

I mentioned the walking leaf in my "Nat[ural]. Selection". That in the one you saw kept alive at Bintengorg1. They are described in most works on Natural History.

I do not know what you term the "living flower"— & hope you will bring some home. The Phyllium2 or "walking-leaf" has been seen alive here, but they do not live long. The "flower" must be I sh[oul]d think a Mantis if it feeds on insects, but I do not know of any pink one.

Believe me | Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Sir Charles Dilke, Kent3

1
Bintengorg, likely refers to the modern day city of Bintangor, Malaysia. The only other reference to Bintengorg encountered is in the Proceedings of the Columbus Horticultural Society, 1900, page 79, in a section with many references to the Indonesian island of Java, and Mt. Gedeh (today named Mt. Gede), also located on Java.
2
Phyllium, Genus within the family Phylliidae. The family Phylliidae contains the range of true leaf insects.
3
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843 — 1911), Member of Parliament for Chelsea (1868-1885), traveled throughout the British Empire, including the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and India, and wrote about his travels in his 1868 book Greater Britain.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3361.3329)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Pulice, John [2013-08-13] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-13]

Please cite as “WCP3361,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3361