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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Wanted, Pisidium roseum, Snccinea oblonga and virescens, 

 Zonites purus, Helix tamellata, villora, and pygmea, Bulimus 

 montanus. Pupa ringens, several vertigos, Acme lineata, and 

 numbers of varieties. Offered, N. American land and foreign 

 marine shells. — Thomas Reader, 171 Hemingford Road, 

 London, N. 



Fifty well-mounted micro-slides, in exchange for suitable 

 books on natural history ; good value given. — W.iSim, Gourdas, 

 Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. 



Small glass-top boxes, and well-mounted slides of rock and 

 diatomaceae ; mutual exchange offered in shells, fossils, &c. — 

 T. E. Sclater, jun., Bank Street, Teignmouth. 



Wanted, a 2-inch objective. Will give liberal exchange of 

 foraminifera representative of " Challenger " report, mostly rare 

 specimens, or eupleclilla if preferred.— W. H. Harris, 44 Part- 

 ridge Road, Cardiff. 



Wanted, Blackwall's "Spiders," and monographs of any 

 gToups of animals or plants with goud coloured plates of all the 

 species ; also Lee's " W. Vorks. Flora." Will give copies of 

 my "British Birds" (col. plates), British Lepidoptera," &c. — 

 S. L. Mosley, Beaumont Park, Huddersfield. 



Wanted, Physa hypnorum, Physa fontinalis, Bythinia ten. 

 taculata, Vaivata piscinalis, Planorbis complanatus, Zonites 

 purus, H. concinna, H./usca, H. pygmcea. Pupa ringens, P. 

 marginata. Vert, antivertigo. Vert, pygmcea. Vertigo eden- 

 tula.—P. R. Shaw, 48 Bidston Road, Oxton, Birkenhead. 



Wanted, Adam's " Collector's Manual of British Land and 

 Freshwater Shells " (col. plates), or Rimmer's " British Land 

 and Freshwater Shells." Offered, Science-Gossip for 1888 

 and 1889, unbound.— James B. Beckett, n Lancaster Road, 

 Great Yarmouth. 



Wanted, hydra, amoeba, or chara, in exchange for water- 

 snails and newts.— R. F., Lurgan House, East Molesey, 



Surrey. . ..,,.. 



Wanted, Clausilia Rolphii, C. laminata, C. biplicate, 

 Hydrobia ventricosa, H. similis, and H. ulvce, in exchange 

 for land, freshwater, and marine shells. Also wanted, foreign 

 clausilia.— Chas. Pannell. jun., East Street, Haslemere. 



Science-Gossip for 1887, unbound. Will send free for a 

 Jubilee sixpence, first issue. — W. Mathie, 127 Buchanan Street, 

 Glasgow. _ , 



Duplicates. — S. corneum, A. anatina, N. ftuviatilis, B. 

 tentaculata, B. Leachii, V piscinalis, V. cristata, P. spirolis, 

 P. vortex, P. carinatus, P. corneus, L. glutinosa, L. trw 

 catula, H. rufescens, H. caperata, H. ericetorum, C. rugosa- 

 Hydrobia ulva, H. ventrosa. Desiderata, shells or other 

 natural history specimens.— J. W. Boult, 17 Finsbury Grove, 

 Fountain Road, Hull. 



Conchology.— Will anyone oblige me with the following? 

 Trochus granulatus, T. alabastrum, Lyonsia Norvegica, 

 Thracia distorta, Diodonta fragilis, Isocardia cor, Lucina 

 leucoma, Avicula hirundo, Lima hians, L. loscombii, Pecten 

 nivea, P. andounii, P.furtivuus, Terebratula caput-serpentis 

 (large), Puncturella noachina, Buccinum acuminata, B./usi- 

 forme, Mangelia striolata, Spirula peronii, Plioladidta papy- 

 racea, Scalaria trevellyana, Fusus turtoni, and Limna-a 

 involuta, wanted in exchange for other rare shells, as Scalaria 

 clathratula, fine odostomias, Lacuna crassior, L- vincta, L. 

 puteolus, L. pallidula (>ellow type), Aclis unica, Rissoa 

 Zetlandica, R. cancellata, R. striatula, R. cingillus, R. cimi- 

 coides, R. calathus, R. reticulata, R. fulgida, Adeorbis sul- 

 carinatus, Ianthina Britannica, Eulima polita, E. distorta 

 and bilineata : also fossils and finely-cut and polished geo- 

 logical cabinet specimens.— A. J. R. Sclater, M.C.S., 23 Bank 

 Street, Teignmouth, South Devon. 



Wanted, good unmounted material, also foreign butterflies 

 and shells, or anything interesting, in exchange for choice 

 microscopic slides, anatomical, double-gained botanical, dia- 

 toms, larasites, &c— R. Suter, 5 Highweek Road, Tottenham, 

 London. 



Wanted, live sea anemones, &c, for an aquarium, also 

 vol. ii. of Claus and Sedgwick's "Text-book of Zoology," for 

 which good exchange will be given.— H. W. Parritt, 103 Cam- 

 den Sireet, N.W. 



Foraminifera. — Wanted, mounted or unmounted specimens 

 of nodosaria, rotulina, dentalina, rotalia, fossil or recent. 

 Offered, mounted diatoms, and loraminiferal material from 

 miocene beds. — J. H. C, Ashfield House, Malta. 



Wanted, "Carpenter on the Study of the Foraminifera," 

 and any other pamphlets relating to the same subject. — 

 J. H. C, Ashtield House, Malta. 



Physiological.— For exchange, professionally made slides, 

 including spleen, liver, &c, all human. Wanted, mounted 

 foramens, or pamphlets relating to the same.— J. H. C, 

 Ashfield House, Malta. 



Wanted, D'Orbigny's " Foraminiferes fossiles du bassin 

 tertiaire de Vienne " (Autriche), decouv. par J. de Haur, Paris, 

 21 pla'es. — T- H. C, Ashfield House, Malta. 



B. Goodalii, P. nitidum, U. margaritifer, &c, in exchange 

 for B. montanus and obscurus, C. tridens, var. crystallina, 

 P. ringens, or succineas, from localities not represented in 

 collection. — R. Standen, 40 Pahnerston Street, Moss Side, 

 Manchesiei. 



What offers for " Hanover on the Construction of the 

 Microscope," translated by Goodsir? Other books for ex- 



change, chiefly educational. Wanted, micro-slides, foramin- 

 iferous material, books, &c. — A. Earland, 3 Eton Grove, 

 Lee, S.E. 



Wanted, eggs of cuckoo, corncrake, phalarope, snipe, 

 dunlin, whimbrel, golden plover, ptarmigan, snow bunting, 

 kestrel, heron, and many others. Send particulars and wants 

 to — W. Wells-Bladen, Stone, Staffordshire. 



Pecten opercularis wanted, about twelve specimens, full 

 grown. Shells of the following are offered in exchange: Helix 

 virgata, var. major, leucozona, submaritima; Helix caperata, 

 var. ornata ; Helix rufescens, var. albida ; Succinea elegans, 

 var. ochracea; Helix pulchtlla, Helix concinna, Bythinia 

 Leachii, Zonites glaber, Planorbis dilatatus, &c. — T. Rogers, 

 27 Oldham Road, Manchester. 



Wanted, foraminiferous material, dredged or otherwise, 

 from any tropical localities. Gatherings particularly desired 

 from any of the following places: Jamaica, Bermuda, Ceylon, 

 Java, Madagascar, Macassar, and Philippine Islands. Good 

 exchange in micro-slides, professional mount', or state require- 

 ments. Material which has been already examined not ob- 

 jected to. — W. W. Jacobs, Florence Villa, Coventry Road, 

 II ford. 



Wanted, N. American plants, also rare or local species of 

 the larger British genera, especially rubus, rosa, and carex, in 

 exchange for rare and local South of Ireland species. — R. A. 

 Phillips, Ashburion, Cork. 



Wanted, Pisidium roseum, foreign clausilias, varieties of 

 British land and freshwater shells, especially albinoes : also 

 Helix pomatia, H. pisana, and vars. of Helix arbustorum, 

 living mature shells. Rare British land and Freshwater shells 

 in return. — A. Hartley, 8 Cavendish Road, Idle, near Brad- 

 ford, Yorks. 



Foreign butterflies. Many fine and rare species in duplicate 

 (particularly papilios), too numerous to specify ; also wings of 

 Urania fulgens and Morpho menelaus, splendid for microscope. 

 — Hudson, Railway Terrace, Gross Lane, Manchester. 



Fine Wailasey Dcilephila galii, bred, and the local bee, 

 Colletes cunicularia. Desiderata numerous. — Chas. H. H. 

 Walker, 12 Church Street, Liverpool. 



BOOKS. ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Studies in Evolution and Biology," by Mrs. Alice Boding- 

 ton (London: Elliot Stock). — "Handbook of Descriptive and 

 Practical Astronomy," by G. F. Chambers, F.R.A.S., vols. i. 

 and ii. (Oxford: Clarendon Press). — "Revival of Trade," by 

 Win. Teemer, F.S.S. (London: Elliot Stock).— " Larva Col- 

 lecting and Breeding," by Rev. J. Seymour St. John, B.A. 

 (London: W. Wesley and Son). — " Stray Feathers from Many 

 Birds ; being Leaves from a Naturalist's Note-Book," by 

 Cha=. Dixon (London : W. H. Allen and Co.).—" A Class-Book 

 of Geography," by W. B. Irvine, B.A. (London : Relfe Bros.). 

 — "The Proving of Gennad : a Mythological Romance," by 

 Tandred Lewis (London : Elliot Stock). — " Seventh Annual 

 Report of the United States Geological Survey," by J. W. 

 Powell (Washington : Government Printing Office). — " Sketches 

 of British Sporting Fishes," by J. Watson (London : Chapman 

 and Hall). — "Practical Observations on Agricultural Grasses 

 and other Pasture Plants," by W. Wilson, jun. (London : 

 Simpkin, Marshall and Co.). — "Bibliography of Economic 

 Entomology," by S. Henshaw (Washington : Government 

 Printing Office). — " Insect Life." — " The Entomologists' Re- 

 cord and Journal of Variation." — " Doorsneden van Alkernen 

 en Kerndeelingsfiguren."— "American Naturalist." — "Journal 

 of Royal Microscopical Society." — " Canadian Entomologist." 

 — "Leaflet of the Colorado Biological Association : Custer co. 

 Branch."— "The Observer."— "American Naturalist."— " Bo- 

 tanical Gazette." — " Essex Naturalist."— " Transactions of the 

 Hertfordshire Natural History Society." — " The Journalist." — 

 "Sixth Annual Report of the Watson Botanical Exchange 

 Club."— " Nature Notes."— "The Naturalist."— " The Ento- 

 mologist."—" Research."—" The Amateur Photographer." — 

 "The Gentleman's Magazine." — "American Monthly Micro- 

 scopical Journal.'' — "The Midland Naturalist." — " Feuille des 

 Jeunes Naturalistes."— "The Microscope," &C, &c. 



Communications received up to the 12TH ult. from: 

 T. W.— H. G. S.-C. L.— W. J. A.— W. J. S.— T. D.— 

 A. T. D.— J. H. C.-B. W.— H. B.— E. A. B.— F. R.— 

 R \v. W.-D. W. B.— R. B. P.-J. W. W.-T. C. M.-E. B. 

 _W, W.— G. E. M.— R. C— H. B. M.— E. H. M.— D. W. B. 

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

 — W. A. C— R. S.— H. W. P.-W. H. H.— J.'W. B.— A. J. J. 

 — C. W. P.-W. M.— T. D.' A. C— R. C— E. T. B.— J. W. W. 

 — H. B.-R. F. L.— J. B. B.— D. W. B.— T. W. R.-P. R. S. 

 _W. W. M.-S. L. M.-A. J. R. S.-W. S.-J. F.-W. E. C. 

 — H. D.— C. L.— W. J. J.-G. T. G.-A. E. L.— A. E.— 

 W. T. H.— S. A. B.— R. A. P.— W. W. B.-T. R.— R. S.— 

 A. H.— E. H. R.— H.-J. H. C— A. H. W.— S. W.-S. B.— 

 W. G. K.— W. D. H.— M. E. P.— A.— A. S. C— O. T. E.— 

 J. H. A.-T. W. R.— W. E. W.— F. T.— J. H.— R. J. M.— 

 J. W. W.— &c, &c. 



