| Description | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to Frederick Bates in Leicester, from Ternate, 2 Mar 1858, re Geodephaga species, commenting on notes made by F Bates in a letter received a month previously; variation of entomological species; species of Catascopus sent to Saunders; habits of Cicindelidae; theory of colours of insect species; planned expedition to northern Celebes; plans to write a Coleoptera Malayana; disgraceful state of current publishing in entomology, comments on particular works.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Bates, Frederick, 1829-1903
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892
Saunders, [ ], fl 1856
Labillardiere, Jacques Julien Houton de, 1755-1834
Burmeister, Hermann, 18071892
Pierre Dejean, 1780-1845
Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872
Wollaston, Thomas Vernon, 1822-1878
Lacordaire, T [Jean Theodore]
Mulsant, Martial Étienne, 1797-1880
Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888) Zoologist
Place: Amazon Andes South America Mount Ophir Malaya Peru Ternate Moluccas
Notes: Letter no in contents list: 40. Loose note by Emma B, c. 2001/2 (destroyed) with this letter but possibly intended to refer to previous letter (to H W Bates from Amboyna, 4 Jan 1858, continued Ternate, 25 Jan 1858): 'Contested date stamp letter'. This refers to the controversy over the date of arrival of Alfred Russel Wallace's letter and essay sent to Charles Darwin from Ternate (See Raby, p. 133, n.25. and p. 287). |