WCP6219

Postcard (WCP6219.7197)

[1]1

WYKEHAM HOUSE.

OXFORD.

20 March 1933

[No salutation]

The green cockroach which was alive is Panchlora nivea, Linn[aeus]., ♀2. It not uncommonly comes over from Jamaica [1 word illeg. struck through] with bananas, also other species very like it. I was so glad to hear from you & I hope to send you a paper soon, which will I think interest you — a reply to an American who has been attacking (and very rudely too) the theories of mimicry, warning colours &c. We are both well & have 2 grandchildren (♂3 & ♀) here as undergraduates and 4 ♂♂ at Rugby4, so we are advancing. There [2]5are 13 altogether 8 ♂ 5 ♀. The eldest ♀ is engaged to be married which is a terrible signpost in life! I am terribly busy just now about the centenary of the Ent[omological]. Soc[iety]. [of] Lond[on].6 to be celebrated on May 3 next. Please excuse p[ost]. c[ard]. due to this pressure.

With kindest regards | E. B. Poulton7. [signature]

W. G. Wallace8 Esq[ui]re

Doveshill.

Ensbury Park.

Bournemouth.

1
This is the reverse side of a postcard, numbered WP16/126 in pencil in the top RH corner.
2
Female.
3
Male.
4
Rugby School, in Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the original ten English public schools defined by the Public Schools Act 1868 and one of the most famous schools in the country.
5
The correspondence continues on the address side of the postcard, which the author has divided into R and L halves by a vertical line in ink. The card is turned through 90 degrees to complete the text on the LH side. The name and address of the recipient are in normal orientation on the RH side. The postmark is "OXFORD 20 Mar 1933".
6
The Royal Entomological Society exists to disseminate information about insects and improving communication between entomologists. The Society was founded in 1833 as the Entomological Society of London and is the successor to a number of short-lived societies dating back to 1745.
7
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943) British evolutionary biologist, friend of ARW and lifelong advocate of natural selection. He became Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford in 1893.
8
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP6219,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 23 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6219