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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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 appeal to any elementary book on the subject. We are 

 always prepared to accept queries of a critical nature, and 

 to publish the replies, provided some of our readers, besides 

 the querist, are likely to be interested in them. 



H. J. M. T. — It was simply dried up for lack of moisture. 

 The situation was too dry. 



F. H. C. — We cannot speculate on such a point. Natural 

 history deals with hard facts and objects. We must see to 

 know. 



W. B. L. — The only work is published by Van Voorst, en- 

 titled " British Sessile-eyed Crustacea." 



S. B.— See articles on "Phosphorescence of the Sea," in 

 Science-Gossip for 1865 and 1866. 



H. W. — Reptiles do not require feeding in winter. 



U. S. — The question is too vague. 



W. H. — Similar attacks of wasps are noted in previous 

 volumes. 



H. L. M. — We cannot possibly name a caterpillar from de- 

 scription. 



H. P. A.— It is a pseudo-scorpion (Clielifer). 



F. M. and J. F. — We have figured and described these galls 

 on oak leaves in our volume for 1866, p. 228. Yet some one 

 sends them nearly every month. 



A. C. — It is the common Scleroderma vulgar e. 



F. W. — If you were a member of the Quekett Club, and 

 went on the excursions, you would obtain plenty of these 

 things. 



R. S.— We are informed that Mr. Bolton, of Hyde House, 

 Stourbridge, supplies microscopists with living specimens of 

 Stephanoceros, Floscularia, &c. 



W. McL. — Yon will obtain every information you desire of 

 Mr. C. Collins, No. ~~, Great Titchfield Street, London. 



Field Clubs. — We intend publishing a list as soon as we 

 receive titles and names of secretaries, with their addresses, 

 in sufficient number. 



E. W. — The " zoophyte " is Diphasia rosacea, with female 

 capsules. 



W. S. W. E.— 1. No, not satisfactorily. 2. What is the 

 author's name ? 



Querists will find no answer if they neglect to send name 

 and address. 



F. A. F. — We are not aware that it has been made for sale 

 by any one. 



C. D. — We cannot name with certainty. You should rear 

 them. 



C. D. (Dublin).— It is a young Goat-moth caterpillar. 



M. S. H. H. — Turning them over and airing them very 

 often, constantly moving them, keeping dry, and keeping 

 camphor with them. 



F. R. M.— The "Old Lady " (Mania maura). 



H. H. J. — Too much shrivelled for identification. 



J. D.-We will do our best to satisfy you. 



M. A. J.— 1. Scirpus (Isolepis) fuitans, L. 2. Anthemis 

 arrrnsis, L. — J. B, 



H.J. — 1. Leontorlnn hispidus, L. (Apargia hispida, Wild.) . 

 2. Filago germanicu, L. — J. B. 



R. B. — Scirpus multicaulis, Sm.— J. B. 



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. 



Mrs. Heating's address is to the care of Miss Motherwell, 

 11, Princes Gardens, Hyde Park. 



Recent Plants of Lemna polyrhiza are wanted for dried 

 plants, or objects for the microscope. — T. P. Fernie, Kimbol- 

 ton. 



For Fronds of Ferns, showing fructification, send 

 stamped envelope and any object of interest, to G. Bowen, 95, 

 Hampton Street, Birmingham. 



Very fine specimens of Ianthina, with animal perfect, for 

 slides of palates of any molluscs, except Littorina Buccimem 

 or Patella.— R. W. Battersby, Glendalough, Corragh Lake, 

 P.O., Killamey. 



Eggs, Moths, and Butterflies wanted ; 30 good objects 

 sent in exchange.— W. Holmes, St. Faith's Street, Maidstone. 



For V. polychloros, please send list of duplicate lepido- 

 ptera. — John Purdue, Plympton, Devon. 



British Birds' Eggs for exchange, lists in return.— Ad- 

 dress, R. G. S., Sedgefield, Ferryhill. 



Paste Eels (living) offered for other good objects. — C. D., 

 18", Oxford Street, Mile End, E. 



Fungi, Mosses. &c. unmounted, for objects of interest 

 unmounted. — H. D., Claremont House, Waterloo, Liverpool. 



Stnchys germanica, Galensoga parviflora, Erigeron eana- 

 dense, Lepidium ruderule, &c, in exchange for other rare 

 British plants. — Alfred French, 15, Cherwell Street, Banbury, 



Polyzoa and Hydroida, exchange wanted with foreign 

 correspondents. — E. C. J., care of the Editor. 



Veronica triphyllos, Gentiana verna, &c., in exchange for 

 other British plants.— George Webster, Holgate Nursery, 

 York. 



Microscopic Slides of Diatomacese, &c, in exchange 

 for plants of Beech, Oak, or Parsley Ferns, or rare English 

 or exotic ferns.— Address, E., 8, Gatteridge Street, Banbury. 



Semele, Hyperanthns, Sybella (worn), Taphia, Corydon, 

 Pyramidaa, Promissa, Sponsa. — Accepted offers answered in 

 a few days. — H. A. Auld, The Grove, Blackheath. 



Lichens for Fungi. — W. Phillips, Canonbury, Kingsland, 

 Shrewsbury. 



Eggs of Crane-Fly for stamped envelope and object of 

 microscopical interest. — J. Sargent., Jun., Fritchley, near 

 Derby. 



Soundings, rich in foraminifera, from the (two) English 

 and Frensh Atlantic cables, French Mediterranean cable, and 

 Brazilian, for good mounted objects.— Captain Perry, 42, 

 Spellow Lane, Liverpool. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



"Monthly Microscopical Journal," for September, 1871. 



" Land and Water." Nos. 292, 293, 294, 295, 296. 



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



" The American Naturalist," for September. 



"The Canadian Entomologist," for July and August. 



"New Remedies," a Quarterly Retrospect of Therapeutics, 

 Pharmacy, &c. Edited by H. C. Woods, Jun., M.D. For 

 July. New York : W. Wood & Co. 



" Notes on Chalcididae." Part IV. By Francis Walker, 

 F.L.S. London: Janson. 



"Orthodox Phrenology." By A. L. Vago. London- 

 Simpkin, Marshall, 8c Co. 



" Life beneath the Waves, and a description of the Brighton 

 Aquarium." London: Tinsley Brothers. 



"Modern Scepticism :" a Course of Lectures delivered at 

 the request of the Christian Evidence Society. London : 

 Hodder & Stoughton. 



" Boston Journal of Chemistry," for September, 1871. 



"The Australian Medical Journal," for July, 1 8/1 . 



"The Chemical News," No. 615. Student's Number. 



"The Relative Powers of various Substances in Preventing 

 the Generation of Animalcule." By John Dougall, M.D. 

 London : Churchill. 



"The Sixth Report of the Quekett Microscopical Club. 



" The Animal World," for September, I871. 



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