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[Letter accompanies moth specimen from Dandanup]

Author: Seymour, James

Year: 29 April 1914

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Writer requests identification of provided moth specimen.

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[Letter re: moth found on a young fruit tree]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; Richardson, O. P.; Alexander, Wilfrid Backhouse, 1885-1965

Year: 26 October 1914

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The writer asks for identification of a moth found on a young fruit tree and wants to know whether it is harmless or a pest.

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[Letter accompanying insect specimen]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; White, D.

Year: 27 August 1913

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Letter accompanying insect specimen with azure blue head. Identification requested.

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Letter to Woodward re: [identification of a moth]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929

Year: 27 April 1908

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The writer describes the lifecycle of a moth which he is sending for identification.

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Graceful Sun Moth, Synemon gratiosa

Author: Western Australian Museum; Houston, Terry F.

Year: 1999

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[Letter to Woodward re: advice on collecting native moths and butterflies]

Author: Woodward, Bernard Henry, 1846-1916; Brittain, Ernest W.

Year: 21 November 1909

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The author asks for advice concerning beginning a collection of native moths and butterflies and where he may obtain the necessary equipment with which to preserve them.

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The author has three questions. The first is about the formation of legs in the Pygopus lepidopus, the second regarding the identification of an insect which creates a funnel trap for its prey and the third is about a moth and its

destructive capabilities. Appended to the letter are three pages of explanation in an unknown hand.

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