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WCP683

Letter (WCP683.855)

[1]

2 Mt Morrison

Peel

Isle of Man

20/8/1903

Dear Sir

Many thanks for your letter1 which was forwarded to me here. I am, as you have heard, a collector of Coleoptera & should be very glad to receive consignments from Br. Guiana especially of Lamellicornia [illeg.] & Elaters the [illeg.] sort.

But I have so many claims both on my time and purse just now that I cannot do anything now in the way of advancing any money. If Mr Birch2 arranges to go out & is free for [2] beetles. I will gladly arrange a day about a month here for him to come over & discuss matters with me & to see my collection, which is a very large one.

I shall be very glad to show it to you also if you are ever in the neighbourhood & can spare a day to see it.

I would like some assistance in authentically naming my Melolonthidae. Can you advise me how best to get it done so that when I have a little more time I can follow it up myself. I should be very much [3] obliged to you for any advice you can give me.

Yours truly | C.H. Schill3 [signature]

1
The letter has not been found.
2
Birch, Frederick ("Fred") (1876-1952). British naturalist and natural history collector. Honorary Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society.
3
Schill, Charles Henry (1863–). Merchant and amateur naturalist. Undertook an expedition to the Amazon to collect butterflies and moths when on business in South America.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP683.855)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Moody, Liz [2014-02-03] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-11-11]

Please cite as “WCP683,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP683