168 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
arrived smashed to pieces, and all its con- 
tents spojled. I also lately received a 
box, under three ounces, containing spe- 
cimens of Erebia Cassiope and Polyom- 
matus Arion ; the box was so strong that 
it had only started in one corner, but the 
contents were done for: the pins had 
stood nobly in the cork, but there they 
were — the thorax and perhaps one wing, 
perhaps two, standing to the piu, the 
other parts scattered about. 
“ It is high time,” says one of my cor- 
respondents, “for the entomologists of 
England to endeavour to obtain com- 
pensation from the Post Office for the 
gross neglect and carelessness of its 
officials. I would that there was any 
chance of doing so, but I am afraid it 
would be of no avail. If, by publicity 
in the ‘ Intelligencer,’ it could by some 
means reach the right quarter, I should 
feel happy. I hope you will excuse this 
long epistle, but I feel warmly on the 
subject, and would willingly lend a hand 
to anything that could be done. 
Yours, &c., 
J. S. Dell. 
Morice Town, Devonport ; 
August 8. 
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