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Macassar; comparison of data sent by Bates with 's own; reaction<br />

to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong>'s paper ''On the Succession of Species'',<br />

approving letter from Darwin; benefit of Darwin's proposed<br />

publication on species and varieties; boundary between two<br />

distinct faunas in Malay Archipelago; proposed expeditions to<br />

Gilolo island and New Guinea; advantages of Amboyna as a base;<br />

battles of Balaclava and Inkerman; Britain - India meeting (British<br />

rule in India?); insects in the Andes.<br />

Name: <strong>Wallace</strong>, <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong>, 1823-1913<br />

Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892<br />

Mohnicke, ?, fl 1858<br />

Doleschall, ?, fl 1858<br />

Burmeister, Hermann,1807-1892<br />

Erichson, ?, fl 1850?<br />

Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882<br />

Stevens, Samuel<br />

Bowring, John Charles, 1821-1893<br />

Place: Amboyna Malaya Andes South America Aru Islands<br />

Netherlands Indies Australia California USA Gilolo Malaya Hong<br />

Kong Ternate Moluccas<br />

Notes: Letter no in contents list: 39.<br />

<strong>WP</strong>1/3/42 <strong>Wallace</strong> Family <strong>Correspondence</strong> 1835-1893<br />

Letter from <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> to Frederick Bates in Leicester,<br />

from Ternate, 2 Mar 1858, re Geodephaga species, commenting on<br />

notes made by F Bates in a letter received a month previously;<br />

variation of entomological species; species of Catascopus sent to<br />

Saunders; habits of Cicindelidae; theory of colours of insect<br />

species; planned expedition to northern Celebes; plans to write a<br />

Coleoptera Malayana; disgraceful state of current publishing in<br />

entomology, comments on particular works.<br />

Name: <strong>Wallace</strong>, <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong>, 1823-1913<br />

Bates, Frederick, 1829-1903<br />

Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892<br />

Saunders, ?, fl 1856<br />

Labillardiere, Jacques Julien Houton de, 1755-1834<br />

Burmeister, Hermann, 1807Â-1892<br />

Pierre Dejean, 1780-1845<br />

Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872<br />

Wollaston, Thomas Vernon, 1822-1878<br />

Lacordaire, T?<br />

Mulsant, Martial Étienne, 1797-1880<br />

Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888) Zoologist<br />

Place: Amazon Andes South America Mount Ophir Malaya Peru<br />

Ternate Moluccas<br />

Notes: Letter no in contents list: 40. Loose note by Emma B, c.<br />

2001/2 (destroyed) with this letter but possibly intended to refer to<br />

previous letter (to H W Bates from Amboyna, 4 Jan 1858,<br />

continued Ternate, 25 Jan 1858): ''Contested date stamp letter''.<br />

This refers to the controversy over the date of arrival of <strong>Alfred</strong><br />

<strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong>'s letter and essay sent to Charles Darwin from<br />

Ternate (See Raby, p. 133, n.25. and p. 287).<br />

115<br />

2 March 1858<br />

<strong>WP</strong>1

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