WCP4489

Letter (WCP4489.4797)

[1]

Frith Hill, Godalming.

Septr.. 24th. 1885

My dear Meldola

I send you the tickets for the Zoo[logical Gardens] 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 Hurst[pierpoint] & some roamings over the fine chalk downs.

Two Convolvulus Hawks1 were caught here, but Willie did not get any. But Mr Mitten sent him a D. celeris2! 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]

1
Convolvulus hawk-moths.
2
Deilephila celeris (old name) for a hawk moth, probably the silver-striped hawk moth Hippotion celerio.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4489.4797)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-19] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Please cite as “WCP4489,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 10 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4489