Nick, That is correct, but notwithstanding Wallace did produce a plate with the moth and A.S. as I have since found my copy and have the picture before me. So maybe much more was known when Darwin made his famous prediction than was let on.
icones ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [OGD] A sesquipedale > Icones wrote (in response to Guido's request for a painting of A. > sesquipedale with Xanthopan morgani praedicta): > >> Look in Wallace, I think it was 1867. > > IIRC, Xanthopan morgani praedicta wasn't discovered until 1903. > > Nick > -- > Nicholas Plummer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
