| Description | Also attached intenal memos advising Ackery to refrain from corresponding with Wyatt, due to his previous history of butterfly theft from the British Museum (Natural History) and the National Museum, Melbourne. Wyatt's letter to Ackery blames 'extreme emotional pressure' for his crime, but claims more recent accusations are unfounded and demands that the Director of Etomology of the British Museum apologises before he will assist Wyatt with his research into Parnassius.
Also photocopies of a letter from Norman Riley to Major EE Austen sent 29 April 1930, describing loss and recovery of Parnassius butterflies and photocopy article announcing death of Colin Wyatt in a plane crash in The Victorian Entomologist, August 1976 |