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Letter to Woodward re: [name of insect from the Broome district]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951

Year: 13 March 1908

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Daisy Bates wishes to know the name of an insect with a red tailed spike, collected near Broome which has been forwarded to the Museum.

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Letter from H.J.S. Taylor, Goongarrie, WA to the Government Entomologist, Perth.Requests identification of previously sent Orthopterous mimic insect in order to name similar insects in his collection.

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[Letter re: identification of an insect]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; Sweet, W. C.

Year: 20 May 1907

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Mr Sweet requests that the Museum identifies an insect which he has sent in a box accompanying this letter.

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Two short letters from Rothschild to Woodward. The first acknowledges receipt of the specimen and accompanying letter. Rotheschild expresses wish to receive fleas from the animal on which the specimen was found. The second letter

identifies the specimen as the head of an ant.

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[Letter saying provided specimen not fruit fly]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; Caporn, Mr.

Year: 18 December 1901

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Letter from [?] Secretary per W.B.H., Department of Agriculture, Western Australia to B.H Woodward Esq., The Museum. Perth.Advises that supposed fruit fly specimen forwarded from Mr Caporn for identification of species arrived in

fragmented condition, but was not fruit fly.

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[Letter to Woodward re: memo from Chief Librarian, J. S. Battye, regarding insect collected by Mr. R. R. Reid of Coolgardie]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; Battye, J. S. (James Sykes), 1871-1954; Reid, R. R.

Year: 7 May 1910

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The author asks for identification of an insect collected by Mr. Reid of Coolgardie and asks that all correspondence on the subject be directed to Mr. Reid.

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[Letter to Woodward re: identification of a fly which stung the author in his bath in Guildford]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; Gugeri, P. A.

Year: 22 January 1910

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The author asks for the identifcation of an unusual fly which stung him while bathing recently at his home in Guildford. The author describes the steps he took to recover from the sting and his method of preservation of the insect.

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[Letter requesting identification of forwarded insect specimen]

Author: Marsh, W.

Year: 8 November 1898

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Letter from W. Marsh, Serpentine.Requests identification of forwarded insect specimen found in damp places.

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Letter from F.W. Goding, US Consulate, Newcastle, NSW to The Secretary, West Australian Natural History Society.F.W. Goding identifies himself as an [US] entomologist interested in Homoptera and requests access to unidentified specimens

of Membracidae for study towards a book on Membracidae of Australia. Offers the Society library a copy of his "catalogue".

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