VARIA. 
Voor verzamelaars van Molluscen en Schelpen is het waar- 
schijnlijk niet onbelangrijk kennis te nemen van onderstaande 
brieven, die bij het Bestuur der K. N. V. onlangs zijn ingekomen. 
„„New Zealand. Christchurch, Springfield Road. 
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Dear Sir! 
I am desirous of obtaining a good representative collection 
of land- and fresh-water mollusca from Java, and I therefore 
take the liberty of asking you whether you have any duplica- 
tes and would like to exchange with me. I can offer you 
a good many land-, fresh-w. and marine mollusca from New 
Zealand. Should you care to make one or more exchanges 
with me please send me the list of your duplicates, and I will 
send you mine. 
In case you dont care for such an exchange perhaps you 
know somebody inclined for it and you would do me a great 
favour by giving my addres and mentioning the object. 
Yours respectfully 
HENRY Suter.” 
»,Paris, le 9 décembre 1895. 
22, Rue des Volontaires, 22. 
Monsieur ! 
Bien que n’ayant pas l’honneur d’étre connu de vous, je me 
permets de vous écrire (ayant vu votre nom dans les Comptes- 
