To A. R. Wallace 9 July [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
July 9th
My dear Wallace
Dr. G. Krefft has sent me the enclosed from Sydney.2 A nurseryman3 saw a caterpillar feeding on a plant & covered the whole up, but, when he searched for the cocoon, was long before he cd. find it, so good was its imitation in colour & form to the leaf to which it was attached.
I hope that the World goes well with you.— Do not trouble yourself by acknowledging this, | Ever yours | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Forwards photograph, sent by [J. L. G.] Krefft, of a chrysalis attached to its food-plant; the chrysalis has adjusted its colour remarkably.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8970
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350 Box 1 Wallace MSS)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8970,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8970.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
