Petrunkevitch, Dr. Alexand 
er 
Novaaber 28, 1955 
Dr. Alexander Petrunkevitch 
Tale University 
Mew Haven, Connecticut 
Dear Dr. Petrunkevitch: 
Here is the picture of a cocoa colored "tarantula® 
with dark chocolate spots. This is just about natural 
size and we net with it at the Xangambi Agricultural 
Research Station on the Congo River a few hours run from 
Stanleyville. Haw you any idea what it is or have you 
seen anything just like it before? Me do not have the 
specimen. Me just had a chance to look at & very handsome 
specimen and apparently it was the only one in the collec- 
tion at the tine. 
I wish that I might have brought it to you personally 
for I have not seen you for altogether too long a time. 
It is this very trip to the Congo that will keep me from 
going to Atlanta. There are too many things to wind up 
in connection with that expedition in which I had the 
pleasure of participating last April , May, and June. 
I trust that all goes well with you and yours and 
that you are still enjoying your laboratory in the 
University. I shall never forget the write-up that was 
given you and your environment in the New Yorker a little 
while back. 
Good luck ami best wishes, 
Sincerely, 
Waldo D. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Department of Zoology 
&ic. 
WLSsvb 
