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SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[August 1, 1866. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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 Address No. 192, Piccadh.lv, London, W. 



T. R.— The •' Butterfly number" maybe had of Kent &Co., 

 Paternoster Row. 



M. D. (T. Wells).— Your fungus is Relicularia umbnna. 

 See Hooker's " Flora," pi. ii. p. 308. 



A. L. — There are several species of moths (Tinema) that 

 are destructive to clothing, &c , whilst in their caterpillar 

 stage. Some of these will be found throughout the year, 

 except during the coldest winter months. Keep plenty of 

 camphor with the articles it is desired to preserve. Some 

 persons advocate " Insecticide," but we have never tried it. 



A. S. C— Forwarded to F. M. The insect appears to be the 

 Chermes bursarius of Burmeister. 



E. H. L. will find a full answer to this query on deep-sea 

 soundings in " Davieson Mounting, &c," p. 42, &c. — J. R. E. 



W. M. S.— Your shrub is Crataegus pyracantha, a native of 

 the south of Europe.— W. C. 



H. P. A.— Your water plant was described in the last num- 

 ber of " Seemann's Journal of Botany " (June, 1866). 



E. M. IL— Blue cloth covers for Science Gossip, vol. i. ( 

 may be had of the publisher at one shilling. 



A. G. T.— Your little insects were the same as those noticed 

 last month, p. 168, and there stated to be Notusjtis obscurut. 



S. B. G. T.— See a reply to your query in full in Science 

 Gossip, vol. i. p. 191, in a communication by G. Guyon. 



The Dipper.— Except a statement of facts from personal 

 observation, we can admit no more correspondence respecting 

 " Birds walking under Water." 



R. M. (Glasgow).— The "Parr" has been considered by 

 some as an early condition of the salmon. Mr. Couch treats 

 it as a distinct species (Salmo salmulus). 



H. G. G — Not an uncommon condition of Trifoliutn reports. 

 The so-called " tea- tree " is Lycivm barbarum. 



P. P. suggests the formation of an Amateur Microscopical 

 Club for Cheltenham. We cannot see how we can assist him. 

 Why not try the effect of a letter in a local paper ? 



J. G. G.-We have no record of your address, and a corre- 

 spondent desires information on keeping falcons. 



E. M. H.— "Smelts" are not young salmon; the young 

 fry of salmon are called " smolts." 



F. A. A. — The caterpillars so common on hawthorn are 

 those of Hyponomeuta padella. See vol. i. p. 168, and vol. ii. 

 p. 182. 



J. P.— Had you sent one query instead of five, it might 

 have been answered.—" Let your moderation be known to all 

 men." 



R. T. M. A.— Botanical and Entomological boxes may be 

 had of Mr. How (late Knight), Foster-lane, E.C. 



Einna will doubtless find all the information desired in the 

 present number. 



B. T— Your supposed fern is the leaf of the Wood Betony, 

 with the under-side covered by a parasitic fungus called Puc- 

 cinia Betonica. 



N. S.— The cluster- cups (JEcidium, sp.) now to be found, 

 will be those on the berberry, the buckthorn, the sanicle, and 

 the very interesting one on' the whitethorn ; but for many of 

 them it is too late. 



W. S. — You will find about thirty species of the fungi that 

 are found on dead leaves figured and described in " Seemann's 

 Journal of Botany " for the present month. 



F. S. — The majority of common zoophytes are figured and 

 described in " Johnston's Zoophytes," published by Van 

 Voorst. 



A M.— Mr. Gosse published a list of the British species of 

 Rotifers in 1851. 



R. W— There is no English work, at all complete, on mites 

 or Acari. 



C. A.— Conditions like that of your dandelion are met with 

 more or less every year. 



j. \v. I.— The bodies on oak leaves are young " Oak 

 spangles," so often alluded to in our "Answers." Queries 

 sent to the author named. 



W. L. W.— The kind of work you require is much wanted. 



G. E. P. — Keep your tankinthe dark afewdays. — W. L. II". 



F. Y. — The white knapweed is only a common variety. 

 Ladybirds are not confined to hop districts, but are found 

 everywhere ; surely South Wales cannot be an exception. 

 Of course they are much more common in some localities 

 than in others. 



J. R. E. — No. 1 is Potomogeton densum, L. ; No. 2, Calli- 

 triche verna, L. ; No. 3, Cornus sanguineu, L. ; as far as we can 

 tell from the fragments sent.— iV. 



G. M.— No. 1. Hypnoea purpurascens (fruited). 2. Poly- 

 siphonia elonguta. 3. Decayed Polpsiphonia infested with 

 diatoms. 4. Sphacelaria scoparia. 5. Similar to No. 3. 6. 

 Ceramtum diaphanum (fruited). Such inferior specimens are 

 scarcely possible of identification, and us specimens are worth- 

 less— W. H. G. 



T. H. H. (Gateshead).— No. 1, Mamestra Brassicx ; No. 2, 

 Acronycta Psi. — F. M. 



Errata.— At. p. 147, col. 2, line 14, for " breeding," read 

 " feeding." 



What is the Object? (p. 151).— For " Holotharia," read 

 "Holothuria;" for " Gregorica," read " Gorgonia ;" for 

 " Spicales," read " Spicules;" and for " S. S. Clarke," read 

 "J. L. Clarke," the paragraph having been inadvertently 

 inserted without being " read." 



N. L. Y.— Your query is too indistinctly stated for us to 

 make out what you require. 



Bodowen.— There is a second ediiion of the " Micrographic 

 Dictionary, which contains additions to the first. 



EXCHANGES. 



Jamaica Woods.— Apply to W. E. Williams, M.D., Pick- 

 wick-road, Corsham, Wilts. 



Puss Moth.— Pupae for those of other g-ood species.— E. A., 

 8, Victoria-place, Stoke, near Plymouth. 



Boo Moss {Sphagnum cymbifolhim) unmounted, for other 

 objects of interest.— E. M., 6, Holford-square, Pentonville. 



Andrea nivalis (in fruit) for Buxbamnia aphylla or Cin- 

 clidium stygium.— Ed. S. G., 192, Piccadilly. 



Fossil Teeth.— Sections for objects of similar value.— 

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Aspartic Acid, wanted for Deutzia scabra.— i. S. P., 

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"Chemical Addenda; being a brief Exposition of the 

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" Popular Science Review," No. 20, July, 1S66. London : 



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