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WCP4581

Letter (WCP4581.4895)

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Holly House, Barking E.

Jany. 24th1

Dear Dunning2

I return the proof. Janson3 was right about the Tarphius gibbulus not being Madeiran; I had it all right in my notes but bungled it afterwards. It involves an alteration which will add just one line, & which being rather intricate I hope you will see is properly done.

On the other point, of the allied Madeiran Tarphius not inhabiting trees, he is wrong; & I now use Wollaston’s4 own words from Insecta Maderensia5 in stating it. There are a few other verbal alterations to avoid tautology.

Yours very faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Year is conjectured to be between 1870-1872.
2
Dunning, Joseph William (1833-1897). British entomologist.
3
Janson, Edward Wesley (1822-1891). British entomologist and curator of the collections at the Entomological Society of London 1850-1863.
4
Wollaston, Thomas Vernon (1822-1878). British entomologist and malacologist.
5
Wollaston, Thomas Vernon. 1854. Insecta maderensia; being an account of the insects of the islands of the Madeiran group. London: J. Van Voorst.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4581.4895)]

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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 “WCP4581,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4581