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WCP4627

Letter (WCP4627.4941)

[1]

5 Westbourne Grove Terrace W.

January 10th [1865]1

Dear Westwood2

I have just received proofs of the last four plates of Papilios. They all appear to me very nice, except the plate of outlines, which I do not think accurately represents the differences between the species compared.

I enclose a tracing from my specimens, of some of them; P. telephus (fig. 4) and P. miletus & P. jason (fig. 5) which I should be obliged if you could alter [2] a little, so as to show the contrast of the forms, which strike the eye very much in the specimens.

Wishing yourself & Mrs Westwood3 all the Comps. of the season[.]

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

J.O. Westwood Esq.

1
The year is conjectured to be 1865.
2
Westwood, John Obadiah (1805-1893). British entomologist and palaeographer. Hope Professor of Zoology, Oxford University, 1861-93.
3
Westwood (née Richardson), Eliza (1804-1882). Wife of John Obadiah Westwood. Assisted in making sketches and rubbings of the inscribed stones for his 'Lapidarium Walliæ.'

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4627.4941)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-26] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4627,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4627