Letter from Edward Burton to say that he has discovered changes to a specimen on which he had prepared a draft paper. He suggests change of scientific name accordingly
Letter from R Leyland referring to the publication of Curtis and Stevens on British Insects. He says he may be able to send some insects not very common in the south. Also includes a list of genera 'which would be acceptable here'
Letter from William Henry Sykes to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Indian Museum
Letter from John Humphrys regarding the identification of shells he had though of as Indian origin, and a discussion about his collection
Letter from Felix Anton Dohrn to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an enquiry by Gegenbaur and publications of the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas of the British Museum (Natural History) to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the skin of a giraffe
Letter from Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, regarding the museum collection of the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Hugh Cuming to Edward Turner Bennett, apologising for being unable to meet him with a portion of his shells
Letter from Philip Hermogenes Calderon to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting a card permitting his son, William Francis Calderon, to sketch lions and leopards at the Zoological Society of London
Letter from John Collier to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding permission to paint in the Zoological Gardens