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WCP4351

Letter (WCP4351.4572)

[1]

Novr 20th.1887

Dear Mr. Poulton1

Many thanks for your very elaborate and interesting paper on pupae which I shall read carefully as soon as I can find time. The results seem quite to correspond with your observations on the effect of surrounding colours on the colours of larvae. It would be interesting to know what proportion of protectively coloured pupae acquire their protective colours by this process.

I have written to Mr. Sadler2 about the lectures.

Yours very truly| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.
2
Sadler has not been identified.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4351.4572)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Envelope (WCP4351.4573)

Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq. M.A., Wykeham House, Banbury Road, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "GODALMING | A | NO 21 | 87"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4351.4573)]

Please cite as “WCP4351,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4351