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HARDWICKE'S SCI E N CE-GO S S IP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



T. Q. Couch.— The vipers arrived safely, for which accept 

 our thanlcs. On the first opportunity we purpose dissecting 

 them, and will then report. 



C. RoBSON.— Your slide came duly to hand. We think you 

 have succeeded in carrying out Mr. Ashbury's directions 

 admirably. 



Rev. H. R.— Your cabbage-leaf is very peculiar, and we 

 have sent it to one of our principal teratologists for further 

 description. 



H. M. Ward.— The p\a.ntis undoubtedly Origanum vulgare, 

 and the absence of stamens may be due to the absence of 

 proper nutrition — a not uncommon occurrence. We should 

 like to hear of the other abnormal plants. 



T. Tapley.— The protuberances on the leaf are the work of 

 a species of Cynips, which punctures the epidermis of the leaf, 

 and thus produces the blisters. 



T. M. HoARE.— Your letter concerning the moth's eggs did 

 not contain any specimens. 



T. JoBsoN.— Your specimens are the crystals of fluor spar, 

 a fluate of lime. 



K. M. P.—" Half-Hours at the Seaside " (London : Hard- 

 wicke) will give you all the information you require. 



L. S. — Lilium auratum may be obtained at any good 

 florist's, at a reasonable price. 



E. W. E. H. — Our correspondent is informed that there is 

 in existence the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists, doing 

 good work in the reading of papers, chiefly on botanical 

 subjects, and in making excursions to various places of 

 interest. The president is Dr. Stirton, and the secretary 

 Mr. D. Gregorson, 122, West Graham. street, Glasgow, from 

 whom, we doubt not, any information may be obtained. 



J. D. Robinson.— From your rough sketch we judge the 

 creature in question to be one of the " Water-bears," a 

 tardigrade animalcule. 



E. L.— We must crave the indulgence of contributors who 

 kindly furnish us with original communications, on the 

 ground that we receive nearly twice as much matter as we 

 can print. Your communication is in type, but we observe 

 the rule of priority as far as we possibly can. Perhaps others 

 will take the hint, and remember that we are bound by the 

 inexorable limits of space. We need not say that we are 

 always glad to hear from our contributors. 



Mabkrlby wants to know where the rarest butterflies can 

 be obtained. Perhaps some of our entomological readers 

 will help him to the information. 



T. B. Cardiff. — No. 1, the Toad Rush (Juncus bufunius): 

 No. 2, Wild Carrot {Daucus carota) ; No. 3, Crosswort 

 {Galium cruciatum). 



John R. C. — The empty egg-case of the Dog-fish. 



O. M. — The fragment of coral sent was very much water- 

 worn. It appears to be a portion of Astrea pallida. 



E. J. Williams. — The eggs are — I, the Cuckoo; 2, tap- 

 wing; 3, Bullfinch; 4, Nutnatch;— the first and last good 

 additions to the cabinet. 



W. A. C — Your leaf and insects arrived smashed into a 

 black and unrecognizable mass. As you have neither men. 

 tioned the name of the plant nor the manner in which its 

 leaves were rolled, and as editors are unfortunately not 

 gifted with supernatural insight, it is impossible to answer 

 your query. — C. G. B. 



C. B. Brearey.— The beetles (which arrived in fragments, 

 owing to your not having inclosed them in a quill or stout 

 pill-box) are Meligethes ceneus, the commonest of our 

 indigenous Nitidulirice. It especially attacks cruciferous 

 plants, but also swarms on nettles, &c. : there is an 

 account of injuries to cultivated plants caused by it, by 

 Herr Kiinstler, in the " Verhandlungen der Zool.-Bot. Gesell- 

 schaft in Wien," vol. xxi. p. 46. You will find an account of 

 the beetles from the wrecked French ship to which you refer 

 in the '* Entomologist's Monthly Magazine," vol. ix. p. 21/, 

 by Mr. R. Lawson, of Scarborough. These were the common 

 " pea-weevil," Bruchus rujimanus, one of the Rhynchophora, 

 found in pods of peas or beans, and of course having not the 

 most remote connection with the Meligethes. — E. G. R. 



E. Brown. — Your plant appears to be Stellaria aquatica; 

 but it was so badly and hastily crammed into the envelope 

 that it is very difficult to make out. If our friends who send 

 us plants to name would take the trouble to mount them, it 

 would save us much trouble and doubt. 



R.J. Lund.— Only one specimen of fern with the bud 

 mentioned reached us. It is the Bladder Fern {Cystopteris 

 fragilis). We never heard of its being proliferous before, 

 but perhaps it was taken from a rich soil. 



J. W. L. — The sea-weed obtained on the east coast, near 

 Marsden, is Ptilota pluniosa. 



EXCHANGES. 



For seeds of Ecrremocarpus scaber, Nicutiana tabacum. 

 Campanula speculum, and Apiam graveulens, send stamped 

 directed envelope, and any object, to E. Lamplough, Messrs. 

 Gee & Co., Hull. 



A GOOD variety of Fossil Teeth, Bones, Spines, Scales, &c,, 

 correctly named, for section-cutting, offered for microscopic 

 Slide. — Send lists to E. Lovett, Holly Mount, Croydon. 



Slides of Tahanus autumnalis and Horse-fly {(Estrus 

 (gasterophilus) equi), for Slides of Anilus crabroniformis, and 

 lancets of Culex pipiens. — J. O. Harper, Dereham-road, 

 Norwich. 



British specimens of Sphagnum Lindbergii and other 

 mosses, for rare mosses, hepaticse, or lichens.— F. Howse, 

 Highfield, Sydenham Hill. 



Several fine and rich newly discovered diatom deposits 

 from Aberdeen, named, for other good material, &c. — H. B. 

 Thomas, Boston, Lincolnshire. 



Hair of Ornithorhynchus for unmounted Microscopical 

 material.— Address, J. H., 43, Devonshire-road, HoUoway, N. 



Carduus setosus, offered for C. tuberosus. — R. Morton 

 Middleton, jun., Greatham, West Hartlepool. 



First-class slides offered for fresh specimens of Mole 

 Cricket, Field Cricket, or large green Grasshoppers. — C. L. 

 Jackson, U, Hesketh-street, southport. 



Wkll-set Lepidoptera for Birds' Eggs, or land and fresh- 

 water Shells. — Thos. H. Hed worth, Dunston, Gateshead. 



Sections of Porcupine Qaill (unmounted) for other 

 microscopic objects,— T. M. Hoare, The Hill, Hampstead, 

 London. 



Living specimens of Isoetes hystrix for British or Foreign 

 Lepidoptera, well-set and in good condition. — W. A. hxiS, 

 Mansell-street, Guernsey. 



Well-rooted plants of good varieties of exotic ferns, for 

 other varieties. List sent and required. — Address, M. M., 

 Post-office, Faversham, Kent. 



The new and rare' Foraminifer Saccaminina Carteri 

 (mounted), from the Carboniferous Limestone, for any well- 

 mounted microscopic object. — Apply, Rev. W. Howchin, 

 Newgate-street, Morpeth. 



Send an addressed stamped envelope to Mr. J. T. Peacock, 

 Sudbury House, Hammersmith, for Raphides of Echino- 

 Cactus Vesnaga, a monster Cactus, just imported from 

 South America. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" Animal World." August. 



" Thoughts, Philosophical and Melical." from the works 

 of Francis Bacon. By John Dowson, M.D. London: H. K. 

 Lewis. 



" Canada Medical and Surgical Journal." July, 18/3. 



" Monthly Microscopical Journal." August. 



"Astronomical Register." August. 



" Les Mondes." 



" Journal of Applied Science." August. 



"Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture," for 18/1 

 Washington : Government Printing Office. 



"Special Report on Immigration. " By Edward Young. 

 Washington : Government Office. 



" Monthly Reports of the Department of Agriculture," for 

 1872. Washington ; Government Printing Office. 



" Journal of Proceedings of Winchester and Hampshire 

 Scientific and Literary Society. Vol. i.. Part ii., 1871-/2. 



"American Naturalist." 



" Canadian Entomologist." 



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