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HARDVVICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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B. W. P. — The eggs of some insect. 



A. B. — 1. Coleosnorium Tussilaginis. 2. Oak spangles 

 (galls). 3. Plocamium coccineum. 



W. W. S. — Larva of Strachia splendida, Blanch., the range 

 of which extends from Mexico to Rio Janeiro. 



St. E. — Consult any elementary work on optics. 



H. W. M.— Without charge. 



S. R. The same thing has been recorded in our pages. 



F. J. W. —A common monstrosity of Juncus sqmtrrosus. — B. 



J. S. R.—Poa procumbens.— B . 



R. McK. — 1. Brttrliypodium syloaticum, with shorter awns 

 than usual. 2. Difficult to determine,— it is not typical 

 Erythraa pulchella. 3. Equisetum palvstre, jS. polystuchyon. 

 — B. 



E. B. — We do not know the object to which you refer. 

 H. W.— Country life has long since gone out. 



A. H.— Not " in our line." 



W. A. C— Egg-case of Cockroach. 



V. S. wants to know why honey is sometimes pink in the 

 ccmb. 



W. N. — White moles are not great rarities. The other 

 query, we regret that we cannot help you. 



C. H. M. — We think that enough has been done. 



T. W. H. — We gave in a former volume all the information 

 which could be obtained on methods of preparing caterpillars 

 lor the cabinet. 



F. B.— It is a fungus called Rccstelia cancelluta. 

 C. E. — A marine plant, Zostera marina. 



W. H. W. — It was received. 



J. L. — By a rose-cutting Bee. 



H.N. — Carpenter's " Use of the Microscope" (price I2s., 

 Churchill) will answer both purposes. We never recommend 

 opticians to our subscribers. 



B. B., Jun.— The Candle-snuff fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon, 

 figured in the present volume. 



J. D. T.— Mudd's " Manual of British Lichens " (now out of 

 print). Lindsay's "Popular History of British Lichens'* 

 (Routledge). Leighton's " British Lichens" (just published 

 at Ids.). 



J. S, R.— The grass is a Sclerochloa, probably S. procum- 

 heris, Beauv., but in a bad s-tate for examination. 1,2. It is 

 impossible to name ferns from scraps of barren fronds.— B. 



T. W.— Can you send better specimens ?— B. 



EXCHANGES. 



Notice. — Only one " Exchange '' can bo 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 Hi-tory permitted. Notices must be 

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



Campanula patui.a and Hymenophyllum WiUoni for 

 other British plants.— F. T. Mott, l, De Montfort Street, 

 Leicester. 



European Lepidoptera.— For price-list of European 

 specimens of rare British and allied species ot Lepidoptera, 

 enclose stamped directed envelope to H. W. MarsCen, Regent 

 street, Gloucester. 



Gaoea lutea, Draba. m-iralis, Aetna spicata, Carer r/igi. 

 tata, C.parculoxe, &c, in exchange for other British plants. 



British and Foreign for British Lepidoptera.— Send lists 

 of collection and duplicates to E. C. Lefroy, 2, Granville 

 Place, Blackheath, S.E. 



Ancylus fi.uviatilis, var. albida, in exchange for British 

 shells.— C. Robinson, 22, Broughton Road, Salford. 



Mosses from Scotland for British or European Mosses or 

 JungermaMii&.—T. H., Highfield, Sydenham Hill, London. 



Fronds of various ferns, showing fructification, for other 

 good objects.— W. B. Marshall, 16, Chaucer Street, Notting- 

 ham. 



For Dendritic Spots on paper send stamped and directed 

 envelope and object of interest to H. Gilbert, 45, St. George's 

 Road, Peckham. 



Polariscope Crystals, Mounted, wanted for Spicules of 

 Gorgonia Hommomello and others named.— W. Freeman, 165, 

 Maxey Road, Plnmstead. 



Wanted Microscopic Slides for unmounted material, 

 scales of sea fish, &c— Rev. Samuel A. Breiian, Agolagh, 

 Cushendun, co. Antrim. 



Pyrola rotundifolia wanted for ferns, as per list, on 

 application to F. P. Femie, Kimbolton. 



Cornbrasii Fossils for others from chalk, greensand, &c. 

 — H. English, Woodstone, Peterboro'. 



Trichobasis fallens and other Micro-fungi for stamped 

 envelope and object of microscopical interest.— J. Sargent, 

 jun., Fritchley, near Derby. 



Wanted, Greenhouse Ferns in exchange for other varieties 

 of greenhouse ferns, names given and required.— Address, 

 M. M., Post-office, Faversham. 



Storm-tossed Scrats from the south-western beach- 

 unnamed and unassorted.— Send large directed envelope to 

 I. C. W., Montpellier House, Budleigh Salterton, South 

 Devon. 



Pup.'E of S. ligustri offered for Pupas of Sphingina or Bom- 

 bycina.— Send lists to W. Duncombe, Wincanton. 



British Birds' Eggs.— Eggs of green woodpecker, goat- 

 sucker, sparrow-hawk, Sec, for black grouse, ptarmigan, 

 ; hobby, Ac. — H. Miller, jun., Ipswich. 



Parasite of Beetle, Gamasas coleoptratorum (mounted), 

 for other well-mounted slides : diatoms preferred. Enclose 

 stamped address to C. H., 3", Devonshire Mews West, Port- 

 land Place, W. 



Two good entomological slides offered for Namcula sig- 

 moidea, or N. Spencerii, or N. lineata. — C. D., 18/, Oxford 

 Street, Mile End, E. 



Coleoptkra. — W r anted Leistus ferrugineus ; others in ex- 

 change.— Joseph A. Kershaw, Spring Gardens, Brighouse, 

 Yorkshire. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" The Popular Science Review," for October, 18/1. 



"The Monthly Microscopical Journal," for October, 1871. 



" Land and Water." Nos. 358, 359, 360, 36l . 



" The Journal of Applied Science," for October, 1871. 



" Rudimentary Treatise on Geology." Part I. — Physical 

 Geology, by Ralph Tate. Weale's Rudimentary Series. 

 London : Lockwood & Co. 



"On 'Wants' in Ironstone Seams, and their connection 

 with Faults." By Robert L. Jack, F.G.S. 



" Das Innere von GrOnland," von Dr. Robert Brown. 



" The Animal World," for October, 1871. 



"The Australian Medical Journal," for August, 1871. 



"The Canadian Entomologist." Nos. 5 and 6, 1871. 



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



"The Micrographic Dictionary." Third edition. Edited 

 by J. W. Griffith, M.D., Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., and T. 

 Rupert Jones, F.G.S. Parts I. and II. London: Van 

 Voorst. 



"Bird Life." By Dr. A. E. Brehm. Translated from the 

 German by H. M. Labouchere, F.Z.S., and W. Jesse, 

 C.M.Z.S. Parts I. and II. London : Van Voorst. 



" The Canadian Naturalist." Vol. VI.— No. 1 . 



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