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WCP7282

Letter (WCP7282.8486)

[1]1

ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM,

TRING,

HERTS., ENGLAND

17. May 09

Dear Dr Wallace,

Mr Rothschild2 told me before he left for Algeria that you would like to have figures of some of the showy Papilios from New Guinea. As I have some plates (proofs) from Seitz,3 Macrolepidoptera of the World,4 I have the pleasure of sending them here enclosed. I have added two plates from Novitates Zoologicae.5

With kind regards, yours very faithfully & sincerely | K. Jordan.6 [signature]

1

In ARW’s handwriting, “Answd”. See WCP4675.

https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4675

2
Rothschild, Lionel Walter (1868-1937). British banker, politician, and zoologist.
3
Seitz, Frederick Joseph Adalbert (1860-1938). German entomologist and specialist in lepidoptera.
4
Seitz, Adalbert. 1906. The Macrolepidoptera of the world: a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart: Seitz’schen (Kernen).
5
Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron. 1894. Novitates zoologicae: a journal of zoology in connection with the Tring Museum. Tring, Zoological Museum.
6
Jordan, Heinrich Ernst Karl (1861-1959). German-British entomologist with special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles, and fleas.

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Enclosure (WCP7282.8487)

Colour plates of butterflies. Two were published in Novitates Zoologicae, and four are proofs from The Macrolepidoptera of the World. [Enclosure (WCP7282.8487)]

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Enclosure (WCP7282.8487)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Chua, Christine [2025-01-07]

Please cite as “WCP7282,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7282