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Exchange, land and freshwater shells for fossils of any 

 formation. — F. Hodgson, Laywood, Cornholme, near Tod- 

 morden. 



What offers for vols. 12 and 2 of "Industries," unbound? 

 "Wanted, Newman's " British Moths," or Darwin's " Formation 

 of Vegetable Mould by Worms," and "Fertilization of Orchids 

 by Insects," or books on pond life. — John E. Nowers, 71 Bran- 

 stone Road, Burton-on-Trent. 



Eaton's monograph of " Recent Ephemeridae," parts 3 and 4, 

 with 18 plates; also Day's "Breeding of Salmon " — Linnean 

 Society — in exchange for good micro slides, chiefly botanical. 

 — Beta, Castle House, Malvern. 



Wanted, Science-Gossip, vol. ii. (Nos. 13-24, inclusive), 

 either bound or in 'parts, latter preferred. Offered, mounted 

 slides for polariscope. W. Wise, Chemist, Launceston. 



Duplicate fossils from various formations, localities guaran- 

 teed, own collecting. Micro object slides (diatoms, zoophytes, 

 &c.) wanted in exchange. — P. Thompson, 19 Guerin Street, 

 Bow, London. 



P. glabcr in exchange for any other land and freshwater 

 shells. — T. Ingham, 3 Railwav Street, Blackpool. 



Wanted, foreign or English shell 1 --, star-fish, echini, birds' 

 eggs, corals, &c. — Fredk. Stanley, Cliftonville, Margate. 



Gesenius's "Hebrew Grammar," by Conant (new); Olli- 

 vant's "Hebrew History of Joseph," with analysis; Franck's 

 " Meth. de la langue Hebrai'que," with vocabularies, and the 

 "Tauchnitz Pocket Hebrew-German Dictionary," in exchange 

 for a good text-book of botany. — R. McCully, Winchester 

 Road, Romsey, Hants. 



"Observations on the Uraniidas," a family of Lepidop- 

 terous insects, with a synopsis of the family, and a monograph 

 of Coronidia, one of the genera of which it is composed. 

 Coloured plates. By T. O. Westwood, M.A., F.L.S. ; Part 12 

 of " Transactions of the Zoological Society of London," quite 

 clean. What offers? — Joseph Anderson, jun., Aire Villa, 

 Chichester. 



Wanted, a few leaves of berberis infested with CEcidium 

 berberidis (stage of Puccinia grajuinis) ; will give good micro 

 slide or other micro material. — J. C., 23 Roland Road, Lozells, 

 Birmingham. 



Murphy's "Tacitus," Murphy's " Sallust," Hume's "Es- 

 says," Byron's "Life and Journals," Smith's "Thucydides," 

 D'Aubisne's " History of the Reformation," Guizot's "English 

 Revolution," and Kirke White's "Remains," in exchange for 

 fossils from any strata, but chiefly from carboniferous. — Dr. 

 Tooner, Clifton Avenue, Levenshulme, Manchester. 



Wanted, Howitt's "Flora of Nottinghamshire;" will give 

 good value. — H. Fisher, Newark, Notts. 



Wanted, to exchange British for North or South American 

 plants. I have about 700 species which are not native in North 

 America. Printed list sent on receipt of address. — H. Fisher, 

 26 Stodman Street, Newark, Notts. 



Wanted, boxes for slides — not rack-work— in exchange for 

 Science-Gossip for three years. — Miss Jelly, Hatchlands, Red- 

 hill, Surrey. 



Wanted, live spawn of frogs and newts ; good exchange 

 given in micro slides, &c. — H. P., 103 Camden Street, London, 

 N.W. 



Wanted, pocket microscope lamp; also best quality 4-inch 

 objective. Good exchange given in micro slides, &c. — H. P., 

 103, Camden Street, London, N.W. 



Engravings of varieties of British Unios and Anodons, in 

 exchange for Continental, land or freshwater shells, or varieties 

 of British Helices.— Geo. Roberts, Lofthouse, Wakefield. 



Duplicates : — Venus verrucosa, Trochus halinoia, Sulcosa, 

 Picturata, Cantharus subruginosa, Nassa variabilis, Colum- 

 bella rustica. Desiderata, other marine species new to col- 

 lection. — W. J. Jones, jun., 27 Mayton Street, Holloway, 

 London, N. 



Fine foreign specimens of Helix, Clausilia, Patella, Mitrella, 

 Cetithium, Trochus, Zizyphinus, Unio, Planorbis physa, and 

 many others, offered for specimens not in collection. Corre- 

 spondence invited from all parts of the world. —J. T. T. Reed, 

 JRyhope, Sunderland. 



Clausilia Rolphii an'! Plan, glaber, in exchange for any of 

 the vertigos or slug shells. — Sam Clough, 20 Abingdon Street, 

 Blackpool. 



A collection of British land and freshwater shells — over 

 70 different sorts. Particulars sent on application. — Miss 

 M. P. Fitzgerald, North Hall, Preston, Candover, Basingstoke. 



Wanted, fossils and minerals in exchange for general 

 curiosities (natural history specimens, &c). List sent. — A. S. 

 Richardson, 39 Edithna Street, Stockwell, London, S.W. 



Planorbis glabcr in exchange for other British or foreign 

 land and freshwater shells, or marine and butterflies. — W. Dean, 

 50 Canning Street, Stoneyholme, Burnley, Lanes. 



P. glaber (from the only Lancashire locality), /-•'. iiscinalis, 

 H. arbustorum, H. nemoralis, and others, in exchange for 

 books or shells. — Joe Bates, 20 Lord Street, Burnley. 



Wanted, books on Practical Biology (Huxley's excepted). 

 Offered, Lyell's "Students' Elements of Geology" (1885, new), 

 and Newsholme's "Hygiene." Wanted, also, land and fresh- 

 water shells in exchange for H. cantiana and //. virgata (fine 

 specimens.) — Chas. A. Whatmore, Ranelagh Road, Wolver- 

 hampton. 



Wanted, clay from a fossiliferous bed of the gault; ditto 



from fossiliferous marine bed of the London clay. Chalk marl 

 from the Kentish beds, and material from any marine strata 

 also wanted. Good exchange. — A. Earland, 3 Eton Grove, 

 Dacre Park, Lee, S.E. 



Wanted, foraminirerons material of any description, except 

 sponge sand. Good exchange in like material, or in named 

 specimens or micro slides. — A. Earland, 3 Eton Grove, Dacre 

 Park, Lee, S.E. 



Six species of foraminifera, chiefly foreign, selected and ready 

 for rnounting, in return for one good mounted slide. All 

 specimens named and localised. Mutual approval necessary. 

 Write first, giving name of slide offered, to — A. Earland, 3 Eton 

 Grove, Dacre Park, Lee, S.E. 



Wanted, Limncca slagnalis from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, 

 and the Continent, in exchange for either of the following: — 

 Helix pisana, Bulinius montanus, B. acutus, Cochlicopa 

 trideus, and Pupa secale.—J. Madison, 167 Bradford Street, 

 Birmingham. 



Wanted, properly named Liassic fossils, in exchange for 

 fossils, shells, &c— John Hawell, M.A., Ingleby Vicarage, 

 Northallerton. 



Planorbis glabcr and others in exchange for land and fresh- 

 water shells or fossils.— A. Walton, 44 Canning Street, Burnley. 



Wanted, uncleaned marine diatomaceous deposits, particu- 

 larly Cambridge Estate, Barbadoes, Hungarian (various), Lim- 

 birsk, London clay, Monterey, &c. Will give good exchange. 

 — E. B. L. Brayley, F.R.M.S., Rockdeane, Hughenden Road, 

 Clifton, Bristol. 



What offers for a collection of about 100 British mosses, 

 well mounted and named? — C. H. Waddell, Kendal. 



Offered, back numbers of " Grevillea," "Scottish Natu- 

 ralist," "Journal of Botany," and "Popular Science Review." 

 — C. H. Waddell, Kendal. 



Wanted, seeds and capsules of British plants, in exchange 

 for land and freshwater shells, books, &c. — P., 80 Leathwaite 

 Road, Clapham Common, S.W. 



What offers for Muspratt's "Chemislry as Applied and 

 Relating to the Arts and Manufactures," 7-1 1, 14-21, 23-44 — 

 thirty-five parts in all ? — A. E. Fasnacht, Clayton, Manchester. 



Wanted, dragonflies, echinoderms, crustaceans, and marine 

 shells ; lepidoptera and natural history books given in ex- 

 change. — W. Harcourt Bath, Ladywood, Birmingham. 



Offered, " Entomologist," vol. 19, also several odd numbers 

 of vols. 18 and 20, and "Entomologists' Monthly Magazine." 

 Wanted, dragonflies. — W. Harcourt Bath, Ladywood, Birming- 

 ham. 



Micro slides (over 300), in exchange for diatom slides, polar, 

 crystals, or offers. — A. Downes, 5 Royal Park Road, Clifton, 

 Bristol. 



Wanted, British bird skins. Offered, other British and 

 foreign bird skins, or bird books. — J. H. K., 18 Church Street, 

 Commercial Street, London, E. 



Wanted, to form party of six to take in and circulate " The 

 Zoologist." — J. H. K., 18 Church Street, Commercial Street, 

 London, E. 



A large number of American birds' eggs in exchange for 

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



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Old and New Astronomy," by R. A. Proctor, Part I. 

 (Longmans'). — " The Flora of West Yorkshire," by F. Arnold 

 Lees (London: Lovell Reeve). — "Medical Annual, 1888" 

 (Bristol: Wright).— " Birds of Herefordshire," by Dr. Bull 

 (London: Hamilton, Adams & Co.). — "Shell Collectors' 

 Handbook for the Field," by Dr. J. W. Williams (London : 

 Roper & Drowley). — "The Microscope." — "Journal of Con- 

 chology."— " Book Chat."—" Scribner's Monthly."—" The 

 Amateur Photographer." — "The Garner." — "The Naturalist." 

 — " The Botanical Gazette." — " Journal of the New York 

 Microscopical Society." — " Belgravia." — "The Gentleman's 

 Magazine." — "American Monthly Microscopical Journal." — 

 " The Essex Naturalist." — " The Midland Naturalist." — 

 " Feuilles des Jeunes Naturalistes." — "The American Natu- 

 ralist." — "Journal of Microscopy and Nat. Science." — 

 " Scientific News." — " Wesley Naturalist." — " Naturalists' 

 Monthly." — " La Science Illustree." 



Communications received up to the 14TH ult. from : 

 W. R. N.— C. C— G. L.— P. S. T.— W. H. J.— A. J. H. C— 

 J. E. N.— K. A. D.— J. D. H.— T. D. A. C— C. E. S.— 

 F. W. W.— F. H.— B. T.— F. L.— G. T.— G. F., jun.— B. B. W. 

 —J. W. W.— J. S.— G. W. B.— J. A., jun.— F. B. C— J. H. J. 

 — R. McC— J. A. T.— J. C— F. S.— A. S.— G. E. E., jun.— 

 S. P. P.— C. L.— C. P.— P. T.— W. W.— E. C. J.— H. F.— 

 T. D. A. C— W. O.-F. W. A.— J. C— Rev. H.F.— H. W. P. 

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

 W. J. J., jun.— S. C.-T. J.— F. H. A.— W. D.-A. S. R— 

 M. P. F. G.— J. B.— A. G. T.— S. G. McL— S. B.— W. J.— 

 S. H.— J. C— N. F. L.— C. A. W.— J. E. K — A. E. F.— A. S. 

 —A. E.— J. M.— J. H.— A. W.— G. B.— A. R. B.— E. B. L. B. 

 —J. D. H.— A. D.— B. T.— C. H. W— W. J. H.— W. H. B. 

 —J. H. K.— W. W. B.— W. A. C— J. S. H.— S. P. B.-&C 



