[Leps-l] Amateur researcher finds rare specimens

[bretcal1 at verizon.net]

 The impression I got is that the specimens were scattered among thousands of drawers within the general collection, but they were not formerly recognized as from Wallace.  The piece doesn't say, but I assume that she recognized them through various means, such as handwriting comparisons. 


John Calhoun


  
 

On 09/12/13, Stan Gorodenski wrote:

What is disturbing, though, is that it reads as though all these drawers 
were off in one corner or part of a building that is not being routinely 
monitored to make sure Dermestids do not get them. Maybe Dermestids are 
not a problem there.
Stan


On 9/12/2013 5:56 AM, Jim Mason wrote:
>
> What an amazing story. Athena was very fortunate to have this 
> opportunity and obviously had the necessary eyes to see what must have 
> been overlooked by others for decades. To be able to find and 
> identify specimens collected by Alfred Russell Wallace - wow!
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