WCP4489

Letter (WCP4489.4797)

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Frith Hill, Godalming.

Septr. 24th. 1885

My dear Meldola1

I send you the tickets for the Zoo. next Sunday and also a couple of spare tickets in case your mother would like to go with you.

We had a pleasant week at Hurst2 & some roamings over the fine chalk downs.

Two Convolvulus Hawks were caught here, but Willie3 did not get any. But Mr Mitten4 sent him a D. celeris! in fine order with which he was much pleased.

I suppose you climbed some [2] of the Grampian heights & got a few rare moths there. The meeting seems to have been a very successful one. I think we shall be able to manage to attend the Fungus Meeting of your Club this year.

Yours very faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
Home of the Mittens, Treeps, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England.
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Son of ARW.
Mitten, William (1819-1906). Father-in-law of ARW; chemist and authority on bryophytes.

Please cite as “WCP4489,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4489