Parkstone, Dorset.
Dec[embe]r. 21st 1890
My dear Poulton
I am sorry for your domestic disturbance. It must be very disagreeable. Pray do not trouble more about the microscope, for I find now that my daughter would prefer something else. The microscope may do for another year, & you may in the meantime hear what is the general opinion of Beck’s [2] Swifts cheap instruments.
Yours very faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
E.B. Poulton Esq.
P.S. If the Emerald larva stands up as represented, it can hardly imitate catkins I should think. As to Mr Swinhoe’s statement about Kallima "always sitting head downwards" I feel sure it must be wrong, as dead leaves usually hang down but fall off at once from the normal position. I should like [3] to know where he observed this.
A.R.W. [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4386.4639)]
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Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq., Wykeham House, Banbury Road, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "BOURNEMOUTH | I 22DE | 90". A note is written on front of envelope in Poulton's hand "A R. Wallace 1890"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4386.4640)]
Please cite as “WCP4386,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4386