Down,
Beckenham, Kent
July 9th [1873]1
My dear Wallace
Dr. G. Krefft2 has sent me the enclosed from Sydney.3 A nurseryman saw a caterpillar feeding on a plant & covered the whole up, but when he searched for the cocoon, was long before he c[oul]d. find it, so good was its imitation in colour & form to the leaf to which it was attached. I hope that the World goes well with you. — Do not trouble yourself by acknowledging this.
Ever yours | Ch. Darwin [signature]
Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP4316.4457)]
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Down, Beckenham, Kent
July 9
My dear Wallace,—Dr. G. Krefft has sent me the enclosed from Sydney. A nurseryman saw a caterpillar feeding on a plant and covered the whole up, but, when he searched for the cocoon [pupa], was long before he could find it, so good was its imitation, in colour and form, of the leaf to which it was attached.
I hope that the world goes well with you. Do not trouble yourself by acknowledging this.—Ever yours,
Ch.[arles] Darwin
Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP4316.6639)]
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Please cite as “WCP4316,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4316