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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[Nov.], 1S6G. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



J. S. S. — We do not imagine that any different process is 

 required to anatomize poppy capsules or other seed-vessels 

 from that employed for leaves, except a little additional 

 patience and perseverance. 



J. A. is advised for the future to adhere to his own initials, 

 as we have a particular objection to false names or initials, or 

 fancy signatures, as they occasion us so much trouble to trace 

 to their owners in the event of our desiring to communicate 

 with them at a future time. 



L. S.— The Coccus is a species of Lecanium. The descrip- 

 tions of the species of Coccidee are in general very slight, and 

 in most cases it has not been ascertained whether one species 

 feeds on different kinds of plants. No species has been men- 

 tioned as feeding on the Hrlianlhemum. This Coccus may be 

 named provisionally Lecanium Helianthemi. — F. W. 



W. M. C. — Stainton's Manual, at fOs., is partly illustrated. 

 The Butterfly Number, often alluded to by us, gives wood- 

 cuts of all the British Butterflies ; and many of the Moths are 

 figured in subsequent numbers of " Young England." Other- 

 wise, there is no thoroughly cheap work with all the species 

 figured. One good book is of more service very often than 

 several cheap ones. 



J. H. C. — Letter addressed to you 18, Buccleugh-place, 

 returned " not known." 



Y. Y., C. B., A. L., T. H. W., Ryde.— Correspondents must 

 submit to the inconvenience of not having their queries an- 

 swered, if they reverse their initials, or employ imaginary 

 ones. We cannot keep a register of signatures, and it is 

 essential that ice should at any time be able to recognize the 

 name and address of a writer from his initials. 



J. B.— There is no recent work such as you name on 

 " British Mosses." It is a desideratum. 



A. L.— The works named are scarcely of any service. 



Lekds Field Naturalist's Club. — Address, W. Todd, 

 Hon. Sec, 31, Fenton-street, Leeds. 



E. F. W. — Probably of Mr. King, Portland-road. 



A. B. — Entomological pins may be had of How. Foster- 

 lane; Cooke, 513, Oxford-street; Gardner, 52, High Holborn, 

 &c. You must state what branch of Entomology you intend 

 to study before we can name the work. 



W. A. — Because your lenses are not achromatic, for which 

 the only remedy is to replace them by achromatic lenses. 



M. A.—" Record of the Great Exhibition, 1862," in " Prac- 

 tical Mechanics' Journal," p. 578 ; " Popular Science 

 Review," No. 12, 1864; contain accounts of Aniline Dyes. 



G. C. — It is Thelephora laciniata. 



M. D. — No specimens of British Sphceriacei are published, 

 except those contained in Fasc. II. of "Fungi Britannici." 

 Others will appear in a future Fasciculus. 



S. S. — We cannot insert your " Exchange." 



G. R., A. B. — We cannot afford space to offer for exchange 

 objects so easily obtained. 



E. W. — Peeling it for their nests. 



R. F. B.— We do not venture guesses. Send specimen. 



E. F. — We cannot give so much space as an answer to your 

 queries would require. 



W. H. H. — We received the letter, but not the specimen. 



E. D. B. — Your wasp is Crabro cribrarius, one of the acu- 

 leate Hymenoptera. — F. W. 



Fairy-rings. — " W. R." doubts the cause of Fairy-rings, 

 as stated in our last number. We respect his doubts, but are 

 not convinced. 



W. R. — A young state of Phallus hnpudicus, on heather — 

 Dlderma vernicosiun. 



H. G. W. A. — No. 1. Nectria cinnabarina . 2. Tnhercvlaria 

 vulgaris and Nectria coccinea. 4. Stilbum auruntiacum. 



B. (Melle.) — Evidently an omission. All orders or com- 

 munications relative to supply should be addressed to the 

 publishers. Science Gossip is now "registered for trans- 

 mission abroad " as a newspaper. 



R. — No. 1. Dothidea Ulmi. No. 2. Hendersonia Oreades. 

 No. 3. Uredo Potentillarum. 



M. C. S. — No. 1. Clavaria cinerea. 2. Clavaria ince- 

 qualis. 3. Agaricus laccatus. 4. Geaster hygrometricits. 



C. F. W. — It is of no use to insert the observation, unless 

 the species is first determined. 



A. W. — The moss is Mnium vndulatum, Hedw. 



W. W. D. (New York.)— No. 29. Uredo solidaginis, Schw. 

 No. 30. Sclerotium seutellatum. No. 32. Rhptisma acerinum. 

 No. 44. Puccinia Circece. No. 46. Polytlirincium tri/otii. 

 No. 49. Dothidea graminis. No. 50. Vromyces scutellutu. 

 No. 51. Vromyces Arisemm. 



G. B. — The stalked eggs of the lace-wing fly. 



J. G. T. — Your fly is Kristalis tena.r, order Diptera, family 

 Si/rphidae. — F. W. 



J. A. — The Blindworm hybernatcs like other reptiles, and 

 will therefore require no food in winter. 



R. M. — The fungus is Spumaria alba. See " English 

 Flora," vol. v. p. 309; Sowerby's " Fungi," plate 280. 



E. T. S. — On oak leaves, a species of Septoria. 



E. B. — Naming would not be satisfactory without rearing 

 the perfect insects. 



Wrong Address. — Mr. J. G. Marsh complains that we 

 inserted his address with a wrong number : it should have 

 been 842. If any one wrote for exchanges, they will please 

 accept this as a reason for receiving no reply. 



E. G. W. — The Hepatica? number may still be had. Your 

 water- flea may differ from Daphniu pulex ; but we would not 

 venture an opinion from a rough sketch, in which some 

 important features are scarcely indicated. 



H. P.—" Knight's English Cyclopaedia," Bailey's " Central 

 America," Sec. 



G. S. — "Ward on Growing Plants in Closed Cases" is 

 published by Van Voorst, at 6s. 



Rare Birds.— A letter for J. S. awaits his address, which 

 has been mislaid. Communicate with the Editor. 



II. H. B. — The grass is Digituria swnguinalis. — W. C. 



W. H.T. N.— The ferns are: — 1. Lastrea dilatata ; 2, 6. 

 Cpstopteris fragilix ; 3. Lust'-ea spinulosa; 4,5. Seedlings 

 of Laxtrea filix-mas. — W. C. 



Herbarium Labels. — If A. D. M. will apply to Dulau 

 & Co., 37, Soho-square, he will obtain what he requires. 



W. W. — " Gardner's Taxidermy " is Is. 6d., and may be had 

 at 52, High Holborn. 



EXCHANGES. 



Clear-wings. — Sesia tipuliformis offered for any other 

 British species, except S. bembeciforinis.— G. T. Porritt, 8, 

 Clare-hill, Huddersfield. 



Saxifrages. — Saxifraga cermta, rivularis,,hirta, elongella, 

 or palmata, wanted for Alpine or Pyrenean plants. — T. Howse, 

 Garrybank, West-hill, Upper Sydenham. 



Foraminiferous Sa.vd from the Adriatic. — Send stamped 

 envelope to J. H. C, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. 



Flying-fish Scales.— Send stamped envelope to J. A. 

 Perry, care of the Editor, 192, Piccadilly. 



Tongues of Limpet [Patella), unmounted, for any other 

 objects of interest. — W. Spicer, Itchen Abbas, Alresford. 



Maiden-hair Fern. — Fronds sent on receipt of stamped 

 envelope. — A. Badger, 1, Grange Cottage, Eccleshall. 



Foraminiferous Sand from Turkish coast. — Stamped 

 envelopes to T. Armstrong, 88, Deansgate, Manchester. 



Deutzia scabra (leaves) for hair ot Bat or Otter.— J. R. C, 

 Westfield Cottage, the Mall, Newport, Isle of Wight. 



Mollltsca, British land and freshwater, offered for other 

 species of the same.— W. H. G., Verum Cottage, Thomhill- 

 road, N. 



Microscopic Objects (mounted and unmounted), offered 

 in exchange. Hairs especially wanted. — Send lists to 

 G. Potter, 7, Montpelier-road, Kingsdown-road, Upper 

 Hollow-ay. 



Small Red Sea-weeds wanted for mounting for micro- 

 scope. Good slides offered in exchange. — Thos. Sharp, 

 Ackworth, near Pontefract. 



Injections, rare ferns, and hairs (mounted) offered for 

 mounted Polycystina, Foraminifera, or Diatoms. — G. H. Betts, 

 M.D., St. John's Park, Upper Holloway. 



Minerals offered for fossils or sea-fowl's eggs.— R. J. 

 Johnson, Howard House, Harrow. on-the-Hill. 



Minerals and Fossils for British Lepidoptera.— J. G. 

 Marsh, 842, Old Kent-road, London. 



British Birds' Eggs and British Ferns and Lycopods for 

 other Eggs and Ferns.— James W. Lloyd, Bridge-street, 

 Kingston. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



"Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute." 

 Vol. i. No. 2. Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. 1866. 



"The Popular Science Beview." No. 21, October, 1866. 

 London: Hardwicke. 



" Notice sur les Collections Scientifiques et sur le Musee, 

 Commercial-industnel, Maison de Melle, Belgique. Gand. 

 1S66. 



" The Quarterly Magazine of the High Wycombe Natural 

 History Society." No. 2, October, 1866. 



Communications Received. — N. B.— W. E. — T. H. W. — 

 G. T. P— J. B.— G. B. C— H. H.— F. S.— M. A. C. P.— 

 H. E. A.— W. W.— J. Mel.— E. T. S.— J. B.— H. T.-H. E. W. 

 — P. H. G.— W. T.— W. T. S.— J. R.— F. A. A.— A. B. C— 



E. F. W.— T. P. B— A. B .— J. L.— J. M.— E. M. H.— E. D. B. 

 — T. H.-J. H. C— G. G— T. G. P.— F. F. M.— W. A— G. C— 



F. T. M— E. P. C— E. H. R.— W. J. P.— J. B.— J. N — 

 J. J. R.— J. A. P.— C. A. J.-C. D.- W. S. G.— B. {Melle.)— 

 T. B. N— W. R— W. F.— T. S.— W. S.— H. C. B.— S. S. L.— 

 S H — A B — R. F. B. — W. R.— P. A. J. — Rvde (no name or 

 address).— E. F.— P. S. B.-J. G. T.— W. H.H.-C. B.-T. A. 

 — W. S. S.— W. H. G.-M. C. S— E. B.— H. P. A.— H. S.— 

 C. F. W.-G. S. A— E. G. M— J. R.— J. D— J. R. E.— A. B. 

 — W. P.-M. B.— A. W.-J. W. E.-W. K. B.— G. P.— T. B. W. 

 — H. S.— T. R.-H. H. K.— J. N.— G. E. B.-H. W. K.— 



G. B.— G. S.— W. B.— E. K. B.— W. G.— T. S.— A. L.— 

 E. G.W.— G. H. B.— F. W. H.— H. P.-R. J. J-J- A.— 

 J. G. M.— W. C— M. M.— A. J. S.— R. R. L.— A. M. P.- 

 R. S. O.— J. P. (nothing uncommon).— T. B. R.— C. F. W.— 

 E. S.-J. P. (Manchester.)-J.W. L.-C. S.— M. H.— W. P. 



