200 
THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
to exchange the foregoing for pairs of any 
of the following : — 52, 53, 88, 89, 90, 109 
—112, 115, 110, 121, 122, 134, 140, 176, 
207. 210, 212, 219, 221, 225, 227,254, 
278, 287, 313, 331, 358, 359,302,399, 
404,414,421,422,444,454,455—458.— 
Jonathan Orde, 5, East Street, Dar- 
lington; Sept. 12. 
THE POST OFFICE. 
To the Editor of the 1 Intelligencer.' 
Sir, — I think I can suggest a remedy 
for the grievance complained of by Mr. 
Dell, and felt by so many other ento- 
mologists, and I gladly mention it “ pro 
bouo publico.” I was constantly having 
my newspapers stolen in the Post Office, 
especially, as may be supposed, when the 
news was most interesting. This set me 
on thinking how to remedy the evil, and 
I found the following plan eminently 
successful, so that I have never lost one 
since. “ Crede experto.” On every oc- 
casion of a paper being stolen I wrote 
to complain of the theft, and gave the 
officials all the trouble I possibly could, 
in forcing on them a correspondence to 
and from London, or head quarters, and 
so backwards and forwards. This broke 
their hearts in the end, and, as I have 
said, I found the plan eminently suc- 
cessful. 
Do the same with your insect-boxes 
when damaged in the post ; note every 
post-mark on them ; write to the post- 
master of each of the places, and demand 
an explanation and compensation ; and 
(as the letters go free without being pre- 
paid) write also to complain to the Post- 
master-General, from whom the subor- 
dinates will also hear, and request him 
to have enquiries made. This will give 
them all no end of trouble, and, by re- 
peating it “usque ad nauseam,” in n 
short time (entomologists are now so 
numerous a class) it will be found that 
this system will work throughout the 
country. “ Numbers will prevail.” You 
will have the Post-Office clerks as gentle 
as doves, in place of stamping on (as 
well as stamping) the boxes, out of pure 
spite. 
Rev. F. O. Morris. 
N unburn holme Rectory, 
Ii ay ton, York ; Avgust 25. 
Wood’s ‘Index Entomologicus.’ 
F OR SALE. — A Copy of the Original 
Edition, with the SUPPLEMENT, 
in perfect condition. 
Address E. 0., Post Office, Exmouth, 
Devon. 
Now ready, price 12s. 6d., 
THE FOURTH VOLUME 
OF 
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 
THE TINEINA. 
CONTAINING 
COLEOFHORA, Part I. 
By H. T. Sta inton, assisted by Pro- 
fessor Zeller, J. W. Douglas and 
Professor Frey. 
London: John Van Voorst, 1, Pater- 
noster Row. 
Now ready, price 8 </., 
A LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA. 
Part II. Printed on one side only 
for labelling Cabinets. Arranged as in 
the ‘Manual of British Butterflies and 
Moths.’ By II. T. Stainton. 
London: John Van Voorst, 1, Pater- 
noster Row. 
Printed mid published by Edward Nbwmak, 
Printer, of No.H, Devonshire Street, Biahoju- 
gule Without, London, in the County of 
Middlesex.— Saturday, September 17, ISAti. 
