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Letter, 22/01/1909, ? White, Kaikoura to Professor W B Benham, Regarding an unusual whale spotted by Mr Jackson, a whaler.

Letter, 04/06/1908, ? to Professor W B Benham, Regarding identification of spider specimens that Benham sent.

Letter, 03/03/1908, Sydney J Hickson, Manchester University to Professor W B Benham, Regarding identification of coral species sent by Benham as Alcyonium aurantiacum.

Letter, 07/02/1908, Sydney J Hickson, Manchester University to Professor W B Benham, Regarding identification of coral species sent by Benham.

Letter, Sydney J Hickson, Manchester University to Professor W B Benham, Regarding A aurantiacum, teaching, and publishing books.

Letter, 15/07/, G V Hudson, Karori to Professor W B Benham, Acknowledging return of several beetles and diptera. Almost finished report on lepidoptera.

Letter, 03/03/1908, G V Hudson, Karori to Professor W B Benham, Enclosing letter from Major Brown, requesting loan of several publications for work on beetles.

Letter, 18/03/1908, G V Hudson, Karori to Professor W B Benham, Describing technique of relaxing moths via pinning.

Letter, 27/03/1908, G V Hudson, Karori to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the potential for errors in identifying insects.

Letter, 21/08/1908, G V Hudson, Karori to Professor W B Benham, Location founds for various moths. Further letter 6/8/1908 advise forwarding a named collection of insects from the Auckland Islands for Otago University. Duplicated sent to Canterbury museum. Please return any duplicates you have. List of insects in pencil with numbers best to them.

Letter, 02/02/1908, Buckland, Akaroa to Professor W B Benham, Sending small insects. Hard to read - holes made in the white pine by bora.... something about Huhu grubs and Mount Bossin?

Letter, 31/01/1908, James Brugh to Professor W B Benham, Sending live insect, looks like a small piece of root covered with stone and clay. Would like some information about it. You are welcome to keep it.

Letter, 25/08/1908, Janet Miller, Pelorus Valley to Professor W B Benham, Went back to site but due to weather did not find any more bones. Did find brightly coloured shells.

Letter, 11/08/1908, Janet Miller, Pelorus Valley to Professor W B Benham, Sending shells. Also great number of small teeth on the site, and are sending samples. Description of geology and fossils in one layer, also sending sample. Sample from a layer of the stone seam.

Letter, 11/06/1908, Dr M Luarteusey, Zoology Museum Kjobenhavn. to Professor W B Benham, Thank you for your interesting paper, sorry you have not seen my work but can a copy be obtained from the University Library Berlin. Asking for samples and offering swaps.

Letter, 14/01/1908, ? , Naseby to Professor W B Benham, Sending galls containing flies in various stages of development. Found in Poplar trees. I have not seen these before.

Letter, 01/06/1908, M . Mi? to Professor W B Benham, Offer to loan a pair of horns for future exhibition.

Letter, 18/07/1908, D W Jones to Professor W B Benham, Working on the NZ Diptira and intend to write them up when studied sufficient examples. Have collected from the Auckland district only. Request samples of southern forms.

Letter, 03/08/1908, D W Jones to Professor W B Benham, Box of species arrived, they are identical with one common northern species, with lighter area of shading. Sending some samples back.

Letter, 04/06/1909, Alfred Philpot, Invercargill to Professor W B Benham, Returning research paper. Discussion on species and sub species. Does not agree with this approach and suggests it may be because of lack of samples. Sending samples to Mr Hudson.