WCP647

Letter (WCP647.819)

[1]

5, Westbourne Grove Terrace, W.

Feb. 21st. 1863

My dear Sir

I should have acknowledged your letter of the 3rd. of this month,1 before this date, but have been daily expecting to receive the collection you say you have sent. As it is now 18 days & I have seen nothing of it, I think it better to let you know, that you may make enquiries about it.

I am now looking over my [2] duplicates & choosing a set for you. Your list of desiderata contains great numbers of species which do not exist in any English Collection, — and many others which are uniques in my collection or in those or Mr. Hewitson2 & the British Museum. I perceive however many that I can send you, & also several undescribed species & varieties from the less known islands of the Malay Archipelago.

Hoping soon to receive the Collection you have sent.

I remain | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Dr C. Felder

1
Letter not found. See WCP648.820, 28 Feb 1863, and WCP649.821, 25th March 1863 and its enclosure WCP649.5304: ARW to Felder on the arrival of the collection of European Lepidoptera from him, and ARW's from the Malay Archipelago, sent in return.
2
Hewitson, William Chapman (1806-1878). British naturalist, author and collector. Founding member of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne 1829.

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Transcribed by Brunnen, Claire [2012-02-16] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2020-03-19]

Please cite as “WCP647,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP647