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no repl3\ Perhaps some of your readers will kindly inform me if 

 it is possible to preserve the minute larvse of the Tortrices and 

 Tinete by inflation. If so, it must be an extremely difficult and 

 tedious process. I had hopes that an easier mode might be in 

 vogue, but I am afraid that my supposition was groundless. — 

 A. E. Hall; Norbury, Pitsmoor, Sheffield. 



Preserving the Colours of Neuroptera. — Can any of 

 your readers kindly inform me how to preserve the colours of 

 Neuroptera, and whether it is a difficult and elaborate process, 

 requiring great dexterity of handling?— F. A. Walker, D.D., 

 Dun Mallard, near Cricklewood. 



The Post Office and Exchange. — The enclosed has 

 recently been issued by the Post Office. As the particulars 

 relating to " compensation " may not be generally known to 

 those who, like myself, go in largely for exchange, I would 

 suggest your printing them in the ' Entomologist ' : — 



Inland Parcels. — The rates of postage for inland parcels are 3d. for 

 1 lb., and i^d. for every additional pound up to 11 lbs. The limits of size 

 are : — Greatest length, 3 ft. 6 in. ; greatest length and girth combined, 6 ft. 

 Compensation for loss or damage to an amount not exceeding £1 will be 

 given without payment of any special fee. For a fee of Id. compensation 

 will be given to an amount not exceeding £5, and for a fee of 2d. to au 

 amount not exceeding £10. 



Inland Registered Letters and Parcels. — Compensation for loss or 

 damage to an amount not exceeding £2 will be given without payment of 

 any special fee. For a fee of id. compensation will be given to an amount 

 not exceeding £5, and for a fee of 2d. to au amount not exceeding £]0. To 

 secure compensation for damage of the contents of an inland registered 

 letter or packet, the words " Fragile. With care " must appear on the 

 cover. For a letter marked " Fragile. With care " the Postmaster-General 

 reserves the right to select a route on which letters are neither received by 

 nor delivered from trains in motion. The transit of such a letter in the 

 post may possibly be less rapid than the transit of other letters. 



—J. W. Tutt. 



