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HARDWiCKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



S. H.— Lindley's " School Botany" (1839) is too old to 

 he^in the study of a prog:resslve science with. Get Masters' 

 " Botany for Beginners," and Cooke's " Manual of Botanic 

 Terms." 



F. EvKRSiiED. — The work containing the fullest informa- 

 tion on the folding and arrangement and general niorpholoey 

 of leaves, &c., is the second volume of Spencer's " Principles 

 of Biology." 



A. H. Wood. — You will find full instructions how to pre- 

 pare the skeleton leaves nf plants in an article in Sciknce- 

 Gossip for February, 1872. 



W. D. R — The capsules pnd seeds are not sufficiently ripe 

 to he called fruits. Double-flowered Carrlav! ine pratensis is 

 not rare. You may generally meet with it in any rich 

 meadow. Your specimen is one of the best we have seen. 



T. S.— Your plant is the Round-leaved Sundew (Driiseru 

 rotuiuiifo/ia). 



J. B. James.— Your description of the unknown bird 

 answers to none so well as the common Starling I 



S. T. P.— The kind of daisy {Bellis perermis) inclosed is an 

 instance of continued "arrest" of growth. See Masters' 

 " Teratology." 



L. S. S. — No. 1 is the Dog-tick {Trodi's virhiiis), which is 

 found in all sorts of situations, and only attaches itself to 

 the dog when opportunity offers. No. 2 is caused by the 

 epidermis of the leaf being punctured by a species of Cynips. 



S. A. — Your eggs are — 1, Missel-thrush ,- 2, 3, 4. 5, 6, Black, 

 cap ; r. Stone-chat; 8, Yellow Wagtail ; 9, Whitethroat. 



W. L. W. EvRK.— The most popular and cheapest honk on 

 Diptera and Hymenoptera is Wood's "Insects at Home." 

 Kirby fc Spence's " Entomology " might he'p you, but this is 

 not illustrated. Also " Insect Miscellanies." 



R. Bailey. — There are a good many fungi which behave 

 in the manner described. You had better send us a specimen 

 for identification. 



H. T. M.— 1 is a dipterous fly, not a moth at all; 2, Her- 

 niinia grisenlis ; 3, Hypena ri)stralis, 



R. S.— The egg was too broken to be accurately identified. 



M. O. Rouse.— The fragment of rock sent is a piece of 

 Liassic limestone, full of the joints and pinnules of a crinoid 

 {Pentdcrinus Briar eus). 



P.T.— The Yellow Meadow- \etchling"(E«WvcM.« prntensh). 



PEVNVROVAr,. — The scent is an essential oil, contained in 

 the leaves. 



R. H. — We do not undertake to return specimens sent to 

 be named. It would involve more time than we could well 

 spare. 



R. Hayes. — Your description answers to the Brazilian 

 Parrot iPsittnriis Brnzi/iensis). 



A. KiN'G— See the article on "Collecting and Preserving 

 Butterflies and Moths," by Dr. Knaggs, in SriEXCK-Gossip 

 lor June, 1872. 



W. B. (Pennycuick). — Your specimens were so smashed it 

 was impossible to make them out. They should be sepa- 

 rately mounted, and inclosed in a small tin bo,\, in order to 

 withstand the energy of the Postoflice officials. 



J. F. Dawsom. — We should esteem it afavour if you would 

 send us a few specimens, well packed- 



W. T. Holmes.- The dark bands of Cyprcea iiselhis not un- 

 frefiue.ntly shade off into orange. Perhaps your specimen is 

 one of these, as we know of no other species. It is a native of 

 the Indian Ocean. We have not met with such a concretion 

 in the Periwinkle as that you describe. 



W. L. Hall.— 1. You will find a full account of the rules, 

 &c., of the Botanical Exchange Club in the "London Cata- 

 logue of British Plants," published by Hardwicke. 192, Picca- 

 dilly, price sixpence. 2. If possible, keep two specimens of 

 each sex of every species of butterfly, to show under side and 

 uppermost side. 



Alliaria. — Your plants are — 1, Ground Ivy {Nepela 

 f;lec/iomii) ; 2, Red Nettle {Liimium //urpureum) ; 3, Shep- 

 herd's Needle (<S'(?«nrf/.>" ptcten). Get Cooke's "Manual of 

 Botanical Terms," new edition, price Is. fid.; and Spencer 

 Thomson's " Walks and Wild Flowers." Hooker's " British 

 Flora " is the best. 



H. L. G. — Your fern is Last red dilatata. 

 M. A. H. — Your larva niny he that of Hiinera pennaria, 

 iialf-grown, but you do not mention its apparent age; i.e. 

 "whether full fed or not, the number of its legs, nor its tood- 

 plant ; anil in the absence of these particulars it is almost 

 impossible to decide.— C. G. B. 



•J. B.— You may obtain an Insect Collecting. case at Mr. T. 

 •Cooke's. 513, New Oxford-street, London. 



E. A. Wkir.— We have no doubt that Mr. S. H. Gaskell, of 

 Edgeley, Stockport, could supply you with Jaoanes-e silk- 

 worms. 



EXCHANGES. 



14 Slides of Mosses, &c., from Dr. Le«son'.'< collection, 

 offered for other mounted objects. — J. C. S., 21, Clarendon- 

 road, Holland- park, London, W. 



Rare British Butterflies and Moths for Birds' Eggs. — W. P. 

 Hadfield, Newark. Notts. 



Four dozen of accurately-named Slides of Diatomacere 

 (various species), for the volume of "Journal of London Micro- 

 scopical Socecy " for I8fi0, bound or in numbers. — Address, 

 B. Taylor, Hon. Sec. Whitehaven Scientific Association. 



Wanteu, well-mounted Slides of Animal Hairs, for othrr 

 good slides.— Send list to E. Lovett, Holly Mount, Croydon. 



Egcs of the Landrail, Moor-hen, Chaffinch, Meadow Piuit. 

 Greefinch. Yellow Bunting, and Starling, in exchatige for 

 others.— A. E. Shaw, 43, Commercial-street, Leeds. 



Re.mains of a large Collection of British Birds' F.ggs. 

 Would take lor them Butterflies and Mi ths, or nnmhcrs of 

 " Newman's Entomologist." L'st sent on approval.— W. 

 Thomas, Ray Lodge, Lingfield, East Grinstead, Sussex. 



Well mountko Slides offered for well-mounted examples of 

 the fallowing niatoms :— i^/("(/ro.v/e'/«« qtiiidnitum. MuridiuH 

 circiilare, Licmophoraflabellata. - W. Nash, Rowcroft, Stroud, 

 Gloucester.>hire. 



Micro Moths.— Rev. L. L. Clark's selection wanted. Say 

 what is required in exchange for them.— T., lo, Davenport, 

 Stockport. 



British Plants for interchange.— Send list to J. Harbord 

 Lewis, 1 811, Mill-street, Liverpool. 



Goon Slides offered for Mole Crickets, Stag Beetle*, large 

 green Grasshoppers, large harmless Water* beetles, or Giant 

 CocVro^r.\\{Blutta gig(is).—C. L.Jackson, 11, Hesketh-street, 

 Soulhport. 



P. riirneux, D. pn/ymorp/i'i, P. Listeri, U.pirtorum. B. mon- 

 taniis, and ohers, for good British Marine Shells or Fossils. — 

 E. H. Goddard, Hilmarton, Calne, Wilts. 



Arranged Scales of Nothocldcena sinuafa for Polariscope 

 offered for good microscopic objects.— A. C. T., 16, Eiinis- 

 road, Finsbury Park, N. 



For some lively Enuisetum Spores send iiuill and stami>ed 

 address to J. G. M., 135, St. Owen's-street, Hereford. 



For (Eridium Thesii send stamped envelope to J. Hussey 

 Esq., the Close, Salshurv. 



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Anthrocera trifolii, for any other specimen of Lepidoptera, 

 either larvre, pupre, or imago.— Alfred Wildsmith, Stationer, 

 Batley. 



WAVTEn, specimens of Snhamis and Gasfemphihis pre- 

 served in spirit, or mounted or unmounted tongues and other 

 parts of the same. Good mounted or unmountcl objects 

 (mostly entomological) oftered in exchange. —H. M.J. Uniler- 

 hill, 7. High-street, Oxford. 



Pliinorl/is dilutiitus, Zoniteit glii/ifr, for any, not common, 

 species of Pupa, Vertigo, or British Marine Shells. —T. Rogers, 

 27, Oldham-road, Manchester. 



Fine live Cocoons of B. Cecropia. Dexiderafn : — }^hvvx of 

 Prudrnmariii, Ligniperda, Dnminula, British Birds' Eggs, or 

 other Imagos.-John Taylor, Church - street, Tonge, Mid- 

 dleton, Manchester. 



Eggs of King Ouzel, Twite, Lesser Redpole, Mute Swan, 

 for other Birds' Eggs.— F. Dearnley, Nortonthorpe Mills, near 

 Huddersfield. 



Driibn aizoidex, Fumarin micrantha (plants), for Lepido- 

 ptera.— N. Richardson, Glanratow, near Swansea, south 

 Wales. 



Care.1' Boenniyigliiiuseniana for Nos. 2", 32, 34, 38, 47, 6l, 

 76, 90, nil, 111, 129, 130, 141*, 143. 144, 177, 181,200 240A, 

 241, 277*, ^78*, 28(5, 289, 290, 292, 307, 309, 313, 361, 376, 420, 

 424. 428, 4-.'9, 445, 459, 46/, 483, 488, 511, 524, 605, 651, 

 6bih, 693, 696, 697, 7.32. 74s. 791, 794, 796, 881 882, 1032, 1(143, 

 1049, 1050, 1058, lu6l)/;, 106li, It. 64, lOgS, 1106,1137*, 1142*, 

 1149, 1251*, 1418, 1419.1426, 1427, of London Catalogue.- 

 T. B. Blow, Welwyn, Herts. 



Spicules of Gurguniii flithellum (mounted) for other good 

 mounted objects.— Send list to J. Sargent, Jun., Fritchley, 

 near Derby. 



CRAssuLACEffi, Saxifragacew, 200 distinct varieties, accu- 

 rately named, fit lor planting a large rock- work, for sale or 

 exchange. — For particulars, address " Cryptogam," Post- 

 office, Cirencester. 



Duplicates: — Advenaria and Pupae of T. W. album. 

 Wants numerous.— J. Harrison, 7, Victoria Bridge, Barnsley. 



Pkdiculus of White Swan, and Fediculus pubis of man, 

 for any rare parasite mounted.— 6'. IF. M. 



