Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 05/11/1905, Robert Brown, Stratford to Professor W B Benham, Ever since I saw your handbook I been hunting Peripatus. Here I have found 13 specimens. Also found a geonemertes with 2 stripes instead of four

Letter, 06/12/1905, Robert Brown, Stratford to Professor W B Benham, found 6 2 striped geonemertes up t 16 mile apart. Also a large brown one with no stripes. I shall write a paper and bring to Dunedin

Letter, 19/01/1905, S F Harmer, University of Cambridge to Professor W B Benham, 2 papers arrived, If you go dredging look for Cephalodiscus, Obtained Rhabdopleura from South Australia. Looking for the Polyzoon Cinetipora Elegans Hutton

Letter, 05/04/1905, Librarian, Sydney Museum to Professor W B Benham, Records 4 and memoir 4 parts 1-4 arrived

Letter, 09/03/1905, Librarian, Sydney Museum to Professor W B Benham, Sending our records and memoirs you don't have

Letter, 16/02/1905, R Etheridge, Sydney Museum to Professor W B Benham, Glad to receive proceedings of the Institute. Can you send us Oligochaete, Fishers Macrolepidoptera and Neuropteran

Letter, 05/01/1904, Librarian, Sydney Museum to Professor W B Benham, You asked for the Funafuti memoir. What can you offer in exchange?

Letter, 19/11/1904, Bollons SS Hinemoa to Professor W B Benham, Glad earthworms were interesting. Mr Shakelpen suggested you would be glad to receive specimens. The area was about 60 feet from high water among Pohutakawa and Ngaio

Letter, 17/04/1904, C Cooper, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Fossils are brittle and short in grain I found them beyond my skill.

Letter, 21/07/1904, C Cooper, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Box of fossils arrived. Spoke to Mr Shakespear of Little Barrier Island about worms and he will send some. I will send some from the Nikau leaves

Letter, 23/07/1904, S C Buckland, Akaroa to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for letters about the egg and trapdoor spider. I am looking for specimens of mantis to send you.

Letter, 23/12/1904, N L Buchanan, Collingwood to Professor W B Benham, Notes on Starlings sipping at flax flowers