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WCP4580

Letter (WCP4580.4894)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

Jany. 18th. 1890

My dear McLachlan1

I am preparing a new (cheap) edition of my "Island Life",2 and shall be much obliged if you will inform me whether any alteration is required in the list of "Trichoptera peculiar to the British Isles" which you kindly furnished me for the 1st. Ed.3 They were: —

1. Setodes argentipunctella — Windermere & Killarney.

2. Rhyacophila munda — Wales Guernsey & Devonshire.

3. Philopotamus insularis. Guernsey.

Any further information you may have as to the distribution of these species [2] or as to any other species since discovered in the British Isles will be acceptable.

Should you ever be in this part of the country I hope you will give me a call.

Believe me| yours very faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

R. McLachlan Esq.

1
McLachlan, Robert (1837-1904). British entomologist.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1892. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. Second and revised edition. London and New York: Macmillan and Co.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1880. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. London: Macmillan & Co.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4580.4894)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-24] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4580,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4580