WCP5096

Letter (WCP5096.5589)

[1]

5, Westbourne Grove Terrace

London. W.1

Oct[ob]er. 16th. 1863

To Mons[ieu]r. H. de Bonvouloir

Dear Sir2

My friend Mr. Pascoe3who is going to Paris on Tuesday next will kindly take the box of Eucnemides4 for you & will leave it in charge of Mr. A. Deyrolle.5

In the box you will find a list of the abbreviations used on the locality-tickets,6 which will enable you to ascertain the exact locality of each specimen, & on the other side of this sheet I send you the few notes I possess on the habits of the species taken by myself. [2] Mr. Janson7 assures me that none of the specimens sent are Elateridae.8 Should you find however on a closer examination that there are some specimens of this or any other family not belonging to your group I shall be obliged by your taking the first opportunity of returning them to me.

You can send me the amount agreed on by a bill on a London Banker, or can if you please entrust it to Mr. Pascoe.

When you publish the descriptions & list of the species I shall be much obliged by your sending me two copies of your article.

I remain My dear Sir | Very sincerely yours | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P.S. I enclose my photograph & shall be most happy to receive yours. ARW.9

1
The London residence of ARW's sister Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace, 1812-1893) and her husband Edward Sims (1829-1960). ARW lived here from early April 1862 to March 1865.
2
Throughout the text of this letter, someone has written in pencil above English words their French translation.
3
Pascoe, Francis Polkinghorne (1813-1893). British entomologist.
4
Eucnemidae is a family of beetle, known as false click beetles.
5
Deyrolle, Achille (1813-1865). French entomologist. Son of Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle.
6
ARW originally wrote ʹlocalitiesʹ but corrected it to ʹlocalityʹ, writing a ʹyʹ over ʹiesʹ.
7
Janson, Edward Wesley (1822-1891). British entomologist and curator of the collections at the Entomological Society of London 1850-1863.
8
Elateridae is a family of beetle, commonly known as click beetles.
9
The postscript is written diagonally in the bottom left corner of the page.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sloyan, Victoria [2013-06-20] Transcription checked by Barton, Michael [2020-08-27]

Please cite as “WCP5096,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5096