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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



For slide of beautiful capitium of Steiuoiiitis fusca (Myxo- 

 mycetous Fungus! send good slide to J. G. Patterson, 2 Dal- 

 rymple Crescent, Edinburgh. 



Wanted, Science-Gossii' for 1S73, unbound, clean copy. 

 D. Adamson, Watson Street, Motherwell, N.B. 



London Cat., 7th ed., 859 for any of the following : 191, 

 626, 934, 939, 1041, or any of the rarer British orchids.— Alfred 

 Waller, 17 Low Ouscgatc, York. 



Wanted, correspondents in North and South America, the 

 Continent and India, for the exchange of plants. — A. E. Lomax, 

 55 Vau.xhall Road, Liverpool, England. 



British birds' eggs (list by post) for human anatomical 

 slides. Best offer received in four days taken. — A. Downes, 

 7 Castle Street, Reading. 



Offered, large melon shells from China in exchange for 

 smaller shells, also a few specimens of Turritclla ierebra and 

 Ranella crumerta. — A. E. Tucker, 53 Alma Road, Clifton, 

 Biisto'. 



Have some well-seasoned genuine bog oak, as black, and 

 almost as hard, las ebony, suitable for turning.— Rev. H. W. 

 Lett, M.A., Lurgan. 



Wanted, specimens of foreign tree stems, of 3" diam., and 

 about 2" thick.— Rev. H. W. Lett, M.A., Lurgan. 



For leaf of Onosma Taurica send other micro material or 

 stamped envelope.— Dr. Morton, New Brompton, Kent. 



Exxhange wanted for some surplus books on natural history 

 subjects. — Dr. Morton, New Brompton, Kent. 



Duplicate British land, freshwater, and marine shells for 

 exchange. Wanted Pupa rin»c7ts, I 'ertigo alpestris, angitstior, 

 minutissima, pusilla, &c.— J. W. Cundall, Carrville, Alexandra 

 Park, Redland, Bristol. 



Duplicate British birds' eggs to exchange, including cittis 

 warbler, white stork, spotted crake, golden oriole, capercaille, 

 &c., for American eggs or good British. Lists sent.— A, J. 

 Burrow, Hope House, Hanover Square, Leeds, Yorkshire. 



Foraminifera, recent, and from the upper lias of Ilminster, 

 in exchange for others.— F. W. Millett, 13 Milner Square, 

 London, N. 



Cassell's " Shakespeare," illustrated by Selous, notes by 

 Cowden Clarke, 3 vols, fo. half morocco, and " Bible Educator," 

 4 vols, in 2, 4to., half calf, last editions, equal to new, in 



\\.\\ objective, physiological, biological, or geo- 

 -R. McCuUy, jun., 83 Wordsworth Street, Liver- 



exchange for 

 logical slides.- 

 pool. 



Murex lenisphia, Cerithium, Bulla, &c., from Mediterranean 

 and Indi^, and about thirty-five species of British land and 

 aquatic shells. Wanted, British or foreign shells. — A. Jenkins, 

 17 Mornington Road, New Cross, S.E. 



For exchange, handsome mahogany micro-cabinet, holds 500 

 slides, also collection of British moUusca, 1200 specimens, fossils, 

 minerals, rocks, micro-slides and books. Wanted, a good 

 microscope. — E. Wilson, 18 Low Pavement, Nottingham. 



Duplicates: Aglaia, Semele, Carpini (males), i?. y;^^rc«j-, 

 {m'iX^iyVMargaritaria dispar (bred), Graminis gamma, 

 Piniarias, Proboscidalis, Chrysistis meticulosa, Stagnalis, 

 Nymphaelis, larvae of fuliginosa. Desiderata: yEsculi, Ligni- 

 perda, Gonostigma, Fasciaria dolobraria, Syringaria tiliaria, 

 erosaria, hispidaria, roboraria, sicula, lamula, unguicula, 

 bicuspis, Furcula, bifida, Fagi, nubeculosa. — J. Smith, Kilwin- 

 ning, Ayrshire. 



Exotic butterflies for exchange : Papilio arcturus, Hector, 

 Demolous, Agamemnon, Merope, Protesilaus, Sesostris, Hele- 

 nus, Danais alcipptis, Hehomoia glaitcippc, Dia. holiiia, An- 

 thedon, Minetra ga->nbrisijis, Cethosiacyane, Linienitis procris 

 (Java), Precis ida. (Java), Eurycus crcssida, Morpho amathonte, 

 fair ; Cypris, fine ; Urania rhypheus, fine ; Pandora hypo- 

 chlora, fine ; Attacus atlas, and many others. Wanted also, 

 loan of Cramer's ." Papillons Exotiques " in return for loan of 

 Hewitson's " Exotic Butterflies." — J. C. Hudson, Railway 

 Terrace, Cross Lane, Manchester. 



Duplicates : Edusa, Paphia, Aglaia, Adippe, Euphrosyne, 

 Atalanta, Cardui galathea, Hyperanthus, Alexis, Cory don 

 and Linea. Desiderata : Hyale, Cratasgi, S'napis, Cinxia, 

 Athalia, Polychloros, Sibylla, Iris, Cassiope, Thecla, ./Egon, 

 Adonis, Alsus, Lucina, Alveolus, Tages, Comma, and Act?eon. 

 — G. B. Rawcliffe, 14 Godley Street, Burnley, Lancashire. 



"Great Industries of Great Britain," 3 vols., unbound, new, 

 in good condition, for Babington's " Manual of British Botany," 

 and Rev. C. A. Johns' " Flowers of the Field," or Hooker's 

 "Student's Flora."— R. P., 20 Castlegate, York. 



A FIRST-CLASS one-tenth wide angle objective, with correc- 

 tion adjustment, by Ross, London, in first-rate condition. What 

 offers? — T. Forty, Market Square, Buckingham. 



Wanted, any parts of Cassell's " European Butterflies and 

 Moths" in exchange for Lepidoptera, &c. — R. Laddiman, 

 Upper Hellesdon, Norwich. 



Wanted, good gatherings of micro pond organisms for ex- 

 change. Collectors wanted in Louth and Mablethorpe district. 

 — E. Wade Wilton, Microscopist and Naturalist, Northfield 

 Villas, Leeds. 



A SELECTION of well-mounted double-stained vegetable sec- 

 tions, also some selected Desmids, all on ground slips,^ in 

 exchange for good works on natural history. — Chas. J. Watkins, 

 King's Mill House, Painswick, Gloucestershire. 



Trigonia signata from inferior oolite for other trigonia or 

 corals. — James Windoes, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. 



W.\NTED, good mounted slides of Volvox globator, Noctiluca 

 niiliaris, sting of nettle, sections of human skin, nerve, volun- 

 tary and involuntary muscle, longitudinal sections of teeth, 

 adipose and connective tissue, transverse sections of artery, 

 and other objects ; also all kinds of unmounted material. 

 Exchange, first-class slides. — F. R. Martin, Grendon Lodge, 

 Clevedon. 



Twelve species of marine zoophytes for mounting; also- 

 Kutmmdites variolarius and A', larvigains, and other Eocene 

 fossils.— For list apply to G. W. Colenutt, 48 Union Street,. 

 Ryde, Isle of Wight. 



Duplicates: Io, nialania, Cardui, gaiatkea, Cardamines, 

 Brassicae. Desiderata : Sibylla, Hyale, Betulse, Artemis, 

 Villica, Monacha, Prodromaria, and many others. — J. Bates, 

 Orchard Terrace, Wellingborough. 



What offers for some beautiful Brazilian beetles, over 600 

 genuine foreign stamps, and a number of science and natural 

 history books 't Wanted, books on botany and on coleoptera, or 

 British specimens of plant and coleoptera. — W. G. WooUcombe, 

 The College, Brighton. 



Xenodochus carbona7-ius, Phragtnidium miicronatum, P. 

 bnlbosum, &c., unmounted, for other fungi. — H. T. Sippitt,. 

 Saltaire, Bradford, Yorks. 



Wanted, recent shells, crag, London clay. Cretaceous, 

 Oolitic, Lias, Rhaetic, or Devonian fossils. Will give Silurian, 

 Carboniferous, and Devonian in exchange.— Send lists to C. A. 

 Barber, 16 West Brampton, Newcastle, Staffs. 



"Midland Naturalist," vols, i., ii., and iii., half-bound, 

 leather, vol. iv. in parts, as issued, in exchange for Irish 

 archaeological works.— J. Smith, jun., 63 Legh Street, War- 

 rington. 



Wanted, entomological correspondents in southern Europe 

 and North and South America for the exchange of insects. — 

 F. A. Skuse, 143 Stepney Green, London, E., England. 



Student's microscope, two eye-pieces, two objectives (li in. 

 and i in.), about 100 slides and turntable. Exchange offers to- 

 Rev. W. H. Skau, 49 Mayfield Road, Dalston. 



Loplwpus crystallimis and bell flower animalcule. ''A 

 splendid gathering sent on receipt of six stamps to defray 

 postage.— W. T. McNelly, 8, Patchett Street, Stretford Road, 

 Manchester. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Science in Short Chapters." By W. Mattieu Williams. 

 London : Chatto & Windus. 

 " Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society." October. 

 "Proceedings of Bristol Naturalists' Society." 

 " Land and Water." 

 " Northern Microscopist." 

 "Midland Naturalist." 

 " Natural History Notes." 

 " Country Notes." 

 " Scottish Naturalist." 

 " American NaturaHst." 

 "Canadian Entomologist." 

 " Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club." 

 " Cosmos: les Mondes." 

 " Science pour Tons." 

 " La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." 

 " Revista." 



&c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to 13TH ult. from:— 

 T H.-G. C. D.— M. G.— Dr. C. C. A.-J. A. W. O.— A. M. 

 -C. J. M.— T. J.-J. O. B.-C. V. S.-R. A. B.-P. E.— 

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

 — F K.— G. V. v.— J. G.— B. H.— T. B.— C. A.— H. W.— 

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

 F. H. P.-Dr. J. N.-Dr. P. Q. K.-T. W.-A. W.-J. G. P. 

 -T. W. H — W. B.-C. J. M.— J. S.— F. F.— F. C— A. L.— 

 T. T.— A. E. L.— A. D.— E. P. D.-C. P.— H. W. L.-N. P.— 

 D. A.-A. E. T.-E.W.-W. A. P.-C. A.-Dr. J. M.- 

 J. W. C.-A. J. B.-A. J. D.-R. M. C.-J. J. -A. J.-T. F. 

 — T. M C — W. J. v. v.— W. O.-R. P.— R. Y. G.— R. L.— 

 T. B — E W. W.— R. M. W.-G. W. C— G. B. R.-E. A. F. 

 -E. B. M.-C. J. W.-F. R. M.-J. C. H.-A. G.-C. C. H. 

 -F. A. S.-J. S., jun.-J. B.-W. H. S.-H. T. S.-E. C— 

 W. H.— W. D.— E. J. G.— C. A. B.— J. B.— &c. 



