ZM 75 251-342 | 16 (baker) 12-01-2007 07:52 Page 251 Alfred Russel Wallace’s record of his consignments to Samuel Stevens, 1854-1861 D.B. Baker Baker, D.B. Alfred Russel Wallace’s record of his consignments to Samuel Stevens, 1854-1861. Zool. Med. Leiden 75 (16). 24.xii.2001: 251-341, figs 1-19.— ISSN 0024-0672. D.B. Baker, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford OX1 3PW, U.K. Keywords: A.R. Wallace; C. Allen; S. Stevens; Malaysia; Indonesia; biography; biogeography; bio- diversity. An annotated facsimile of those pages of Alfred Russel Wallace’s notebook recording his consign- ments from the Malay Archipelago to his London agent, Samuel Stevens, is provided. Records of indi- vidual consignments are linked with the stages of Wallace’s and Charles Allen’s itineraries to which they relate and are amplified from data provided by Wallace elsewhere; wherever possible, dates and places of the despatch of consignments and of the dates of their receipt in London are noted; and the dates of material becoming available for study are established, chiefly from British Museum acces- sions registers. It is intended that this should provide readier access to scattered collection data and should in particular assist in determining what specimens may properly be regarded as types or syn- types of the many taxa described by numerous contemporary authors from Wallace’s material. Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 254 The notebook ....................................................................................................................................... 254 The emphasis of Wallace’s collecting ...................................................................................... 254 Profit and loss; the dispersal of Wallace’s material .......................................................... 255 The publication of Wallace’s collections ................................................................................ 257 Collections and consignments .................................................................................................... 259 Wallace and Allen, 1854-1856 .............................................................................................................. 260 Singapore (April-October 1854, January-May 1856; notebook p. [1]-[10]) ............ 260 Borneo (November 1854 - January 1856; notebook p. [13]-[21]) ................................. 262 Wallace, 1856-1862 .................................................................................................................................... 266 Bali (June 1856) ................................................................................................................................... 266 Lombock [Lombok] (June-August 1856, notebook p. [22]) ........................................... 266 Celebes [Sulawesi] (first visit, Macassar district, September-December 1856, notebook p. [23]-[24]) ........................................................ 268 Ké [Kai] (January 1857) ................................................................................................................... 269 Aru (January - July 1857, notebook p. [25]-[26]) ................................................................. 269 Celebes (second visit, Macassar district, July-November 1857, notebook p. [27]) ... 271 Amboyna [Ambon] (first visit, December 1857-January 1858, notebook p. [28]) .... 272 Ternate (first visit, January-March 1858) ............................................................................... 273 Gilolo [Halmahera] (first visit, February 1858) ................................................................... 274 Dorey [Dore Baai] (April-July 1858, notebook p. [29]) .................................................... 275 Ternate (second visit, August-October 1858) ....................................................................... 276 Gilolo (second visit, September 1858) ..................................................................................... 276 Tidore (October 1858) ...................................................................................................................... 276 Makian (first visit, October 1858) .............................................................................................. 277 ZM 75 251-342 | 16 (baker) 12-01-2007 07:52 Page 252 252 D.B. Baker. A.R. Wallace’s record of his consignments to S. Stevens. Zool. Med. Leiden 75 (2001) Kaióa [Kayoa] (first visit, October 1858) ................................................................................ 277 Batchian [Bacan] (October 1858-April 1859; notebook pp. [30]-[31]) ....................... 278 Makian (second visit, April 1859) .............................................................................................. 279 Ternate (third visit, April-May 1859) ....................................................................................... 279 Timor (second visit, west Timor, May 1859) ........................................................................ 280 Banda (June 1859) .............................................................................................................................. 280 Celebes (third visit, north-east Celebes, June-September 1859; notebook p. [32]) .... 280 Amboyna (second visit, September-October 1859) ........................................................... 282 Ceram [Seram] (first visit, SW coast, October-December 1859, notebook p. [33]) ... 282 Amboyna (third visit, December 1859-February 1860) ................................................... 283 Ceram (second visit, SE and NE coasts, February-April and June 1860, notebook p. [34]); Matabello [Watubela] and Goram [Gorong] Archipelagoes (April-May 1860) ............................................................................................ 283 Waigiou [Waigeo] (July-September 1860, notebook p. [34]) ........................................ 285 Waigiou to Ternate (September-November 1860) ............................................................. 286 Ternate (fourth visit, November 1860 - January 1861) .................................................... 286 Timor (third visit, east Timor, January-April 1861, notebook p. [35]) ..................... 286 Banda (third visit, April-May 1861) ......................................................................................... 288 Bouru [Buru] (May-June 1861, notebook p. [35]-[36]) ..................................................... 288 Ternate (fifth visit, June/July 1861) .......................................................................................... 289 Java (July-November 1861, notebook p. [36]) ...................................................................... 289 Sumatra (November 1861- January 1862) .............................................................................. 290 Allen, 1860-1862 ......................................................................................................................................... 291 Mysol [Misoöl] (February - September 1860, notebook p. [34]) .................................. 291 Ternate (mid-October 1860 - January [?] 1861) ................................................................... 293 Gilolo and Morty Island [Morotai] (between mid-October 1860 and mid-March 1861) ....................................................... 293 New Guinea (between February and June 1861) ............................................................... 294 Sula Islands [Kepulauan Sula]; Flores; Solor (between June and December 1861)....................................................................................... 295 Borneo (late 1861) .............................................................................................................................. 397 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................. 397 References ..................................................................................................................................................... 398 Appendix: first notices of localities .................................................................................................. 303 Notes ............................................................................................................................................................... 305 1. Samuel Stevens (1817-1899) ..................................................................................................... 305 2. Early Dutch collecting in the East Indies .......................................................................... 306 3. Allen’s further stay in Asia ...................................................................................................... 307 References ..................................................................................................................................................... 307 Figures 2-18 ......................................................................................................................................... 308-341 ZM 75 251-342 | 16 (baker) 12-01-2007 07:52 Page 253 D.B. Baker. A.R. Wallace’s record of his consignments to S. Stevens. Zool. Med. Leiden 75 (2001) 253 Fig. 1. Samuel Stevens (1817-1899). Photograph reproduced by courtesy of the Royal Entomological Society. ZM 75