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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



J. S.— Looks like " dry rot'' fungus in an imperfect state. 



N.B.— The pea blight is Erysiphe Martii. See " Cooke's 

 Microscopic Fungi," p. 1/3. 



j, h. You will find information on injurious insects in 



Koliar's book on the subject ; a little in " Kirby and Spence's 

 Entomology ;" some papers scattered over the " Gardener's 

 Chronicle" for many years; Harris's "Insects injurious to 

 Vegetation;" Fitch's "Reports on Noxious Insects of the 

 United States," &c. 



r. p.— A book recently published by Lovell Reeve & Co. 

 on " Common Insects " at about twelve shillings. 



H. T.— Page's "Text-book of Geology" and Nicholson's 

 " Manual of Zoology," we should think, would answer your 

 purpose. 



R. V. T.— The lichen is Squamaria crassa. 



E. C. J.— Not included. 



T. W.— Send insect and nest, then we may tell you. 



J. B. — Not uncommon. 



J. S. R.— We know nothing of exchanges beyond what is 

 stated in the notices. 



C, p. w. — White fungus, Cpstopus Candidas, No. 15D4. 

 Brown fungus, TrichobcuU suaveulens, No. 1588. 



H. J. — Solen ensis, and 



E. C. J.— The beetle is Apion pisi.—C. W. 



Mount Pleasant (name illegible).— The insect is Siren gigas. 

 — C. W. 



J. F. — By no means uncommon. 



J. D. H. — Trickobasis cichoracearum. 



\V. M.— Inquire at Mr. C. Baker's, optician, High Holborn, 

 for Hartnack's objectives. _ 



C. L. — For American moth-trap, see "Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine " for February, 1S66. 



E. de B. M.— The stalked eggs of the Lace-wing Fly 

 {Chrysopa per/a). 



q s, w.— The parasitic fly is Mesochorus splendidulus. — 

 F. W. 



Miss R. — We do not know— but probably of any good 

 dealer in natural history objects. 



J. G. R. P.— Pupa of a fly; when it is "out," we will tell 

 you the name. 



Fiklh Naturalists' Clubs — If secretaries of country 

 associations of this character will send full titles with the 

 name and address of secretary, we purpose publishing a list 

 for the convenience of our readers. 



E. M. P.— Naldire's Tablet is said to be effectual. 



Too Late.— Correspondents should remember that the 

 15th is the latest date at which a communication should be 

 sent for the current month. 



EXCHANGES. 



Notice.— Only one " Exchange" can be inserted at a time 

 by the same individual. The maximum length (except for 

 correspondents not residing in Great Britain) is three lines. 

 Only objects of Natural History permitted. Notices must be 

 legibly written, in full, as intended to be inserted. 



Peristome of Funaria hygrometrica (mounted to show 

 hygrometric process) ; also Rose, Strawberry, and Meadow- 

 sweet Brands, for other good mounted objects. — J. C. Hope 

 81, Shude Hill, Manchester. 



Xenodochus carbonarius, and other fungi, for fungi, lichens, 

 &c. — Rev. J. E. Vize, Forden, Welshpool. 



For exchange, Canadian and American diatoms, un- 

 cleaned, for English or foreign diatomaceous earths.— Apply 

 to A. J. Johnson, St. Thomas's Hospital. 



Wanted, Imagos or Pupae of British Lepidoptera. Will 

 give in exchange shells, ferns, or other lepidoptera. — E. F. B., 

 Maelog House, Beaumaris, Anglesea. 



Nuphar pumila, &c, for other British plants. — Richard 

 McKay, 298, High Street, Glasgow. 



British Lepidoptera. — Miniata, Conspicuata, Sponsa, 

 Promissa, Parthenias, Notha, &c, for other (rare or local) 

 species. — H. Miller, jun., Ipswich. 



Phyteuma sphatum, &c, for other rare plants. — W. H. 

 Beeby, 41, North End, Croydon. 



Phyteuma spicatum, Viria lutea, Cineraria campestris. 

 Crocus verniu, Lathyrus Nissolia, Geranium pyrenaicum, 

 Tliesium humifusum, Myosurus minimus, Sec, for exchange. 

 — R. Payne, 12, Brook Road, Stoke Newington, N. 



Notodonta Zigzag. — I shall be happy to send Ova or small 

 Larvae of this species to any one in want of it, on receipt of 

 box, &c, for the purpose. — F. D. Wheeler, 2, Chester Place, 

 St. Giles Road, Norwich. 



Good specimen of both white and spotted Elephant Hawk- 

 moth to exchange. — Send list of duplicates to F. Piquet, York 

 Street, Jersey. Enclose stamp to insure reply. 



Palates of Moi.lusca. — Six varieties offered for good 

 microscopic objects and stamped envelope. — Rev. W. M. 

 Hutton, Lezayre Vicarage, Ramsey, Isle of Man. 



Elpenor, Zicznc, Prodromaria, Urticce, Mendica, and other 

 Pupae, Dicta-a, Populi, Vinula, Tt. rubi, and other Larvae for 

 Pupae, Larvae, or Imagos. Send list.— A. Pickard.Wolsingham, 

 Darlington. 



Rare Devonshire Alc«, for Northern or others. — E. W. 

 Holmes, 2, Arundel Crescent, Plymouth. 



For Hair of Hedgehog send stamped address to Isaac 

 Wheatley, Mailing Street, Lewes. Any microscopical object 

 acceptable. 



British Plants (dried) in exchange for others. Send 

 lists to John C. Hutcheson, 8,Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow. 



Butterflies, Moths, and Beetles, offered in exchange for 

 foreign shells, fossils, or polished stones. List given and 

 required. — M. M., Post-office, Faversham, Kent. 



Poi.ia-Chi, Cloantha Svliduginis, Cidaria populata, La- 

 rentia multistrigata, &c, for other British or allied Lepido- 

 ptera.— D. Jolliffe, Naturalists' Club, Ridge-Hill lane, Staley- 

 bridge. 



Choice Alpine and herbaceous plants and seeds are offered ; 

 others wanted. Send lists, and stamp for lists, to D.D., 

 Post-office, Bitterne, near Sonthampton. 



Fossils wanted for microscopical material. Send lists. — 

 W. Freeman, ids, Maxey Road, Plumstead. 



Wanted, Stratiotes uloides, or Water- soldier, and Subu- 

 laria nqu ntica, or Awl wort, for Valisneria spiralis or other 

 aquatic plants.— David Mitchell, 2, Davys Yard, Foundry 

 Street, Halifax. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



"Land and Water." Nos. 288, 289, 290, 291. 



" Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' 

 Society for 1870-1." Norwich: Fletcher & Son. 



"A New View of Causation." By Thomas Squire Barrett. 

 London : Provost & Co. 



" Notes on Chalcididae." Part III. — Torymydae and Chal- 

 cididae. By Francis Walker, F.L.S. London : E. W.Janson. 



"The Canadian Entomologist." Vol. Ill , No. 2. Edited 

 by the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A. 



"Monthly Microscopical Journal," for August, 1871. Lon- 

 don: Robert Hardwicke. 



" The American Naturalist." Vol. V., No. 6. For August, 

 1871. Salem: Peabody Academy. 



"Journal of Applied Science," for August, 1871. 



" The Animal World," for August, I871. 



"American Journal of Microscopy." No. 3. Chicago: 

 Speakman Si Co. 



" Australian Medical Journal." No. 122. June, 1871. 

 Melbourne : Stilwell & Knight. 



" Boston Journal of Chemistry." August, 1 87 I . 



" Our Eyes, and how to take care of them." By Henrv 

 W. Williams, M.D. London: William Tegg. 



"Bulletin of the Essex Institute." Vol.11. Salem, Mass. 



" Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, for I869." Washington, 18/1 . 



"Appendix to Benjamin Anderson's Journey to Musadu." 

 New York, I87O. 



" Second and Third Annual Reports of the Trustees of the 

 Peabody Academy of Science, for 1869-70." Salem, Mass. 



" Fourth Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries of the 

 State of Maine, for 1870." Augusta, I870. 



" First Annual Report, of the Geological Survey of Indiana, 

 made during I869." By E. T. Cox, State Geologist. Indiano- 

 polis, I869. 



" Tne Water-power of Maine." By Walter Wells, Superin- 

 tendent Hydrographic Survey of Maine. Augusta: Sprague, 

 Owen, & Nash. 



" Monthly Reports of the Department of Agriculture for 

 1870." Edited by J. R. Dodge. Washington, 1871. 



" Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for I869." 

 Washington, 1870. 



"To-Day: " a Paper printed during the Fair of the Essex 

 Institute and Oratorio Society, at Salem, Mass. 1870. 



" Report of an Inquiry in regard to the Prevalence and 

 Ravages of the Colorado Potato- Beetle (Doryphora 10-lineuta) 

 in the Western Portion of Ontario." By Win. Saunders and 

 E. B. Reed. Toronto : Hunter, Rose, & Co. 



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 J. E. V.— J. S.— H. E. W.— J. C— R. P.— A. J. J.— T.— N. B.— 

 C. L. J.— W. H. W.— F. R. M. (No.)— W. R. T.— A. H. A.— 

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