5, Westbourne Grove Terrace, London. W.
March 25th. 1863
My dear Sir
I have this day sent off to you a collection of Lepidoptera1 in exchange for the very fine series of European Butterflies you have sent me.2 I have not yet had time to take out the specimens but there seems to be a very small number of them injured or broken. On the other page I have sent some notes of the species now forwarded. I am sorry that the specimens are not in better condition but I trust the rarity of many of them will counterbalance their defects. I should have sent a smaller number of better specimens had you not assured me that imperfect examples would be acceptable.
Among them you will find many that were in your list of desiderata & also others of not yet described. The papilios I intend shortly to publish a list of myself describing the new species as I have a very fine series from many localities. If you think any of the specimens sent are not correctly named I would be much obliged by your letting me know your opinion. In the other families some I have not named because you will recognise them immediately from Mr Hewitson's3 figures, & others are not yet described or I have not yet had time to make out the descriptions. Any specimens you wish to mention, quote the ticket of Locality & I shall be generally able to tell which it is you mean. Some of the tickets which have not been changed have abbreviations, generally the three first letters of the name as: Sar. = Sarawak, Mal = Malacca, Sum. = Sumatra, Cer. = Ceram[,] Sing. = Singapore, Dor. = Dorey (N. Guinea)[,] Mak. = Makassar. &c. &c.4
If you consider the collection a full equivalent for those you sent me I shall hope that you will obtain for me the few European species wanting in that collection. After [2] finally arranging my collection I shall probably have a few more duplicates, & I am still occasionally receiving collections from the East, — so that I shall be able to send you a few more acceptable species.
In exchange for the 100 specimens of Austrian birds I send as agreed 50 Malayan bird skins + 11 for the 11 N. Zealand specimens, and further 74 skins in exchange for the remainder of the Austrian birds which you have promised to procure for me. In all 135 specimens of about 120 species, all with names & localities. As I do not wish any further examples of the species of birds already sent, if you have not a list of them I will send one.
I send also by "book post" two papers of mine which may perhaps interest you, — also some bird lists of Mr. S. Stevens5, which he requests you will hand to any of the chief ornithologists in Vienna.
In case of sending any boxes again to England can they not be sent by way of Trieste very much cheaper. The charges on the box you sent were £3.— much more than on one of the same size from the remotest parts of the East.
Trusting that this collection may reach you in good condition & give satisfaction
I remain | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
Dr. C. Felder
Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP649.821)]
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Lepidoptera sent to Dr. Felder by A.R. Wallace1
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Papilionidae.2 43 ex[ampl]es |
Pieridae.. 42 ex[ampl]es including a new Terias Pieris eliada, Hew. &c. &c. ____________________ |
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| Ornithoptera croesus. W.3 ♂. ♀. | 3 | |
| Or.4.. sp. (? archideus) | 3 | |
| Or... haliphron Bd. | 1 |
Danaidae. 41 ex[ampl]es including Hamadryas zoilus &c H[amadryas].. n. s. ? Danais n. s. Idea tondana. v. Voll. Idea n. s. (Gilolo) Euploea eurypon. Hew. &c. &c. ____________________ |
| Or.. n. s. (Macassar) | 1 | |
| Papilio ulysses. var. | 2 | |
| Papilio telegonus. Feld. | 2 | |
| P.4. n. s. (near Deiphobus) | 2 | |
| P. ascalaphus. Boisd. ♀. | 1 | |
| P. euchenor. Guer. ♀. | 1 | |
| P. onesimus. ♀. Hew. | 1 |
Nymphalidae.. 65 ex[ampl]es including Cethosia aeole. De Haan Cethosia.. vars... ? n. s. Cirrhochroa n. s. Messaras maeonides. Hew. Limenitis libnites. Hew. Mynes [MS torn]cis. Boisd. Mynes. n. s. fig[ure]d. by Hewitson as a var. Adolias. n. s. Junonia. n. s. &c. &c. ____________________ |
| P. gigon. G.R.G. MSS. | 1 | |
| P. ambrax. Boisd. ♂. ♀. | 2 | |
| P.. n.s. (near ambrax) ♂. ♀. | 2 | |
| P. alphenor ♂. ♀. | 2 | |
| P. ormenus. vars. NB. The ♀. of these wh[ich] I possess differ considerably from each locality. | 3 | |
| P. rhesus | 1 | |
| P. eurypilus] [eurypylus]. L. — | 2 |
Morphidae. 11 ex[ampl]es including Clerome menado. Hew. Melanitis melane Hew[.] Drusilla (four species) &c. ____________________ |
| P. n. s. (near eurypilus [eurypylus]) — | 1 | |
| P. sarpedon (Waijiou)5 — | 1 | |
| P. n. s. (near sarpedon) — | 1 | |
| P. parmatus. G.R.G. — | 1 | |
| P. peranthus. (Lombock) — | 1 | |
| P. antiphus. Fab. — | 1 |
Satyridae.. 28 ex[ampl]es includ[in]g. Cyllo lowii, Hypocista n. s. &c. ____________________ |
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P. polyphontes. Boisd. — Mr. G. R. Gray has named this sp[ecies]. hegemon in B[ritish]. M[useum]. |
2 | |
| P. neptunus. Guer. — | 1 | |
| P. deucalion Bd. — | 1 |
Erycinidae 10 ex[ampl]es ____________________ |
| P. polydorus L leobotes Reinwt. | 1 | |
| P. brama. Guer. | 1 | |
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Lycaenidae.. 136 ex[ampl]es including Amblypodia hercules. Bd. Danis.. n. s. &c. &c. ____________________ |
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| Leptocircus curius. var. | 1 | |
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| Total sent | |||
| Rhopalocera6 | 392 | Hesperidae [Hesperiidae]7 — | 16 ex[ampl]es |
| Heterocera8 | 248 | Heterocera. | 248 ex[ampl]es |
| 640 |
Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Enclosure (WCP649.5304)]
For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon
Please cite as “WCP649,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP649