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SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[March ], 1S6G. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Alt. communications relative to advertisements, post-office 

 orders, and orders for the supply of this Journal should be 

 addressed to the Publisher. All contributions, books, 

 and pamphlets for the Editor should be sent to 192, 

 Piccadilly, London, W. To avoid disappointment, contri- 

 butions should not be received later than the 15th of each 

 month. No notice whatever can be taken of communi- 

 cations which do not contain the name and address of the 

 writer, not necessarily for publication, if desired to be with- 

 held. We do not undertake to answer any queries not 

 specially connected with Natural History, in accordance 

 with our acceptance of that term ; nor can we answer 

 queries which might be solved by the correspondent by an 

 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. We 

 cannot undertake to return rejected manuscripts unless 

 sufficient stamps are enclosed to cover the return postage. 

 Neither can we promise to refer to or return any manu- 

 script after one month from the date of its receipt. All 

 microscopical drawings intended for publication should 

 have annexed thereto the powers employed, or the extent 

 of enlargement indicated in diameters (thus — X 320 

 diameters). Communications intended for publication 

 should be written on one side of the paper only, and all 

 scientific names, and names of places and individuals 

 should be as legible as possible. Wherever scientific names 

 or technicalities are employed, it is hoped that the common 

 names will accompany them. Lists or tables are inad- 

 missible under any circumstances. Those of the popular 

 names of British plants and animals are retained and regis- 

 tered for publication when sufficiently complete for that 

 purpose, in whatever form may then be decided upon. 

 Address No. 192, Piccadilly, London, W. 



A. B. M. — " Atlas of British Seaweeds," price three 

 guineas, published by Reeve & Co., Henrietta Street, Covent 

 Garden. 



J. B. H. — M. P.— Forwarded to the Publisher, for whom 

 they were designed. 



Circulating Cabinet. — Any microscopist in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Manchester wishing to join should communicate 

 with Mr. T. Armstrong, Deansgate, Manchester. 



W. B. (Hadleigh). — See our notice respecting assumed 

 names, &c. " The Cream of Scientific Knowledge" is pub 

 lished by Tegg-, price three shillings. The " Year Book o^ 

 Facts " is published annually. 



Bats. — Several correspondents have called our attention to 

 the fact of bats being seen on the wing during January and 

 February this year. 



J. E. T. — The cheapest book is Stark's " British Mosses," 

 published by Rcutledge ; but it does not include all the British 

 species. 



E. C. J.— Tate's " British Slugs and Snails," is published by 

 Eobert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, London. 



A. D. M. — You had better communicate with the Secretary 

 of the Society of Amateur Botanists, 192, Piccadilly. 



C. A. J. — Any number of instances of small tortoise-shell 

 butterflies during the present winter. 



I. M. — We really cannot furnish you with any reference to 

 directions for constructing a shell cabinet. 



J. S. M. — Y r our conferva appears to be Cludi,phora glo- 

 merata. 



G. J. P. — The larva of a beetle, probably. If you catch one 

 and rear it, then send us the beetle, perhaps we could tell you 

 the name. 



G. S. B. — We have advisedly discontinued giving notices of 

 Field Clubs. When we inserted them, very few local secretaries 

 availed themselves of the opportunity ; and now we think 

 that we can supply matter of more general interest to our 

 readers. At least, we hope so. 



J. C. and S. J. M.— With thanks. We think that one an- 

 swer will satUfy our querist; and space is precious. 



J. W. R. — Yes. It is red when in fruit. 



G. E. B. — Your specimen is Nnstuc commune. — Vauch. 



F. R. S.— Your plants were not numbered; but, according 

 to the order in which they were placed,— No. 2, Anacharis 

 ahinastrinn; No. 3, CaUitriche autumnalis ; No. 4, Ranun- 

 culus aquatilis—TSo. 1 not in a condition to be correctly de- 

 termined. — W. C. 



G. E. A.— Most probably you can obtain Theine of Mr. 

 Squire, operative chemist, Oxford Street, London. 



A Constant Reader. — We regret to have occasion again 

 to call attention to the announcement, so often made, that 

 we can take no notice whatever of anonymous com- 

 munications. 



E. S. — It is imposible to identify a fern from a rough sketch, 

 without any details of fructification. 



J. H., E. A. — Unavoidably postponed for want of space. Will 

 appear in No. 16. 



A. F. (Roundhay). — Not uncommon for VorticelUe to 

 attach themselves to Cyclops, which the latter strive to rid 

 themselves of in vain. We have often observed it. — T. A". 



M. P. — Chlorococcum and Diatomacece are Algre, though 

 belonging to different sections. 



H. G. G. — Your flower belongs to Aronicum scorpioides. 



A. R. — We have not yet been able to obtain a satisfactory 

 explanation of the dendritic spots on paper. 



L. N. R.— See Tate's " British Slugs and Snails," pp. 90-91. 

 We do not remember such a list as you desire. 



Y. Y. — Beyond our province. 



E. B. — We have met with no one able to identify the Rotifer 

 from your sketch. 



R. B. — Such monstrosities in roses are common. 



EXCHANGES. 



Foramikiferous Sand. — Address A. T., 52, Bury New 

 Road, Manchester. 



Foreign Marine Shells offered in exchange for laud or 

 freshwater species.— E. C. J., Eldon Villa, Redland, Bristol. 



Fossil Ferns for other fossils.— R. J. J., Howard House, 

 Harrow-on-the-Hill. 



Diatomaceous Earth from Algiers and Barbadoes. — 

 J. W. Leakey, 3, Prince of Wales's Avenue, Maiden-road, 

 Haverstock-hill. 



Buffalo Horn (sections) for objects of interest.— W. H.R., 

 Post Office, Aberdeen. 



Chlorops tarsata and its parasite. — Discipulus, School 

 House, Mulbarton, Norwich. 



Echinus Spines wanted in exchange. — T. H. M., 78, Week- 

 street, Maidstone. 



Communication's Rkceiv 

 R.G.— J. C.-B. B. B.— T. 

 W. H. G.— G. F. S.— J. E. 

 H. E. W— K. D— A. M.— J. 

 B. S.— A. F. W. B.— J. M. H.- 

 — E. T. S.-W. S. G— M. P 

 J. W.L.— J. S.-C. N. -J. 

 E. P. (Luton).— W. N.— J. S 

 R. G. M.— H. H.— J. B.— T 

 P. P.-G. S.— J. F. Y.-J. A. - 

 W.F. P.— R. B— Y. Y.— P.S. 

 — F. W.— L. N. R— C. D.— 

 J. S. M.— M. P.— L. N.— J. II 

 — R. S.— T. W. W.— R. E. D. 



Local Names. — A. M.— R 



ed.— M. H. P.— S. S.— H. G.— 

 P. B.— W. J. K.— T. K. M.— 

 T.— J. A.— S. J. M. I.— S. W.— 

 C. (Ulceby).— I. M.— C. A. J.— 

 -W. L. S.— E. C. J— D.— G. S. B. 

 —J. B. H.— W. G.-G. T. P.— 

 W. R.-H. A. A.— G. W. G.— 

 , (West Cramlington). — J. R. — 

 , F. W.— E. J. S. C— J. E. T.— 

 -W. A. L.— W. H.— A. J. N. M.- 

 B.— G. E. Q.— W. R.T.— H. J.B. 

 A. B. M.— E. M.— A. T.— B.— 

 — E. L— P.V.— E. A. (Norwich). 

 —J. B. (Langhorne).— G. H. 

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BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" The Popular Magazine of Anthropology." January, 1866. 

 London, Trubner & Co, 



" A Plain and Easy Account of the British Slugs and 

 Snails." By Ralph Tate, F.G.S., Sec. London, Robert 

 Hardwicke. 



