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HARDWICKE S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Wanted, turn-table for making cells, &c., or section cutter 

 for soft substances : will give in exchange 21 parts of " Cassell's 

 Popular Educator," one vol. of " World of Wonder" (unbound), 

 and good specimens of Liiimaus stagnalis. — J. J. Edwards, 

 43 Calvert Ko;<d, E. Greenwich. 



Wanted, dragonflies and grasshoppers ; large or small are 

 eq .allyacceptable. Rare British lepidoptera, shells and echino- 

 dcrms, otVered in exchange. — W. Harcourt Bath, Ladywood, 

 Birmingham. 



'I'o beginners only. Will send fifty duplicate shells to first 

 si.\ who will forward box (about i lb. weight), and return 

 postage before the 5th inst. — W. Harcourt bath, Ladywood, 

 Birlllingh.^m. 



Pecten opcrcularis and inaximtts, Cnrtiium cchiiiatnm, 

 Cyprina Islandica, Tfciura test-iidinalis Trickotropsishotealis ; 

 'J'ropho'i truncatiis. Ftisiis antii/nus and ^''nctii's, Pleurotoma 

 inrriada, Otina otis, in exchange for insects or other shells 

 not in collection. — Wni. D. Rae, 15 Cotton Street, Aberdeen, 

 N.B. 



Wanted, all naturalistic magazines, preserved vipers, lizards, 

 &c., and foreign shells, in exchange for choice micro slides, 

 anatomical, botanical, diatoms, parasites, &c. — R. Suter, 

 5 Highweek Road, Tottenham. 



Fuesh gatherings of marine dia'omaceje and foraminifera, 

 from ripple marks. Desiderata, miscellaneous mounts. — C. H. 

 Walker, Mossy Bank, Egremont, Cheshire. 



Wantei , recent and fossil sponges, nummulitic limestone, 

 graptolites, ammonites, any Silurian or Devonian fossiU, also 

 crystals. Offered, c.irbuniferous fossils, fossil sponge spicules, 

 micro slides of foraminifera and diatomacex, also pitchstone, 

 sphendite, cone in cone ironstone, prehnite and analcirae, &c. 

 — Robt. Pettigrew, jun., 66 Flowerhills, Airdrie, N.B. 



Offered, pupse of 5". ligustri, S. tilice and Jacohir. De- 

 siderata very numerous, especially butterflies of I' . polychloros, 

 C. edusa, A. papJiia, aglaia, M. galatea, and many others. 

 Send list to — Freak. Glenny, The Orchard, Walsoken, Wisbech. 



Duplicates. — V. lo, cardiii, urtica;, P. irgeria, S. semele, 

 A. cnja, vars. of H. lupulinus, P. biicephala, A. psi, B. perla, 

 P. gamma, T. proniiba, U . sanibucata, //. vanaria, II. stn- 

 gata. What offers? Desiderata numerous. Send li^ts to — 

 Fredk. Glenny, The Orchard, WaKoken, Wisbech. 



Wanted, transverse and part of longitudinal sections of 

 earth-worm (Lumbricus\ mounted; also redia and cercaria 

 stages of liver fluke (D. hcpaticii7n\ moimtrd as microscopic 

 slides. — Chas. A. Whatmore, Much Marcle, Gloster. 



Wanted, Grant Allen "On the Colour of Flowers," and any 

 good botanical works. — Chas. A. Whatmore, Much Marcle, 

 Gloster. 



Offered, "Midland Naturalist," vols. vii. and vili. (r884. 

 1S85), imbound, clean as new; "The Naturalists' World," 

 vol. iv. (1887), unbound; "Knowledge," vol. iv. (18S3), five 

 numbers missing, ond other periodicals. W'anted, a vol. of 

 Jeffrey's " British Conchology," rare British land, freshwater 

 and marine shells, or offers. — A. Marshall, care of W. Handley 

 Kay, Gresham Chambers, Nottingham. 



Wanted, animal parasites, mounted or unmounted, for 

 mounted slides of various kind.s, animal or vegetable. — The 

 Rev. J. E. Vize, Forden Vicarage, Welshpool. 



Wanted. — Unmounted parasites (particularly all human 

 species) in exchange for micro slides, or offers. Wanted also, 

 Gosse's "Marine Zoology," and parts of " Quekett Journal," 

 vol. i., 2nd series. — C. H. Oakden, 51 Melbourne Grove, S.E. 

 ' Offered. — "Letters of Rusticus," by Newman ; " Aptera," 

 by Murrey; "Voyages of Columbus' Companions;" also a 

 lepidopterist's setting case and boards. Wanted, " Siberia in 

 Europe," and " Siberia in Asia," by Seebohm ; " Entomologist," 

 or other natural history periodicals prior to 1872. — S. L. Mosley, 

 Beaumont Park Museum, Huddersfield. 



Offered, butterflies and moths, good species. Wanted, 

 ty.'o-winged flies, set or unset. — S. L. Mosley, Beaumont Park 

 Museum, Huddersfield. 



Choice Wenlock limestone, coal measure and other fossils, 

 in exchange for fossils from chalk, red cr.ig, oolite, or offers. — 

 A. T. Evans, Cottesville, St. Oswalds Road, Small Heath, 

 Birmingham. 



Wanted, butterflies and moths in exchange for land, fresh- 

 water and marine shells (British).— John J. Holstead, 19 Mill- 

 holme Terrace, L'pperby Road, Carlisle. 



AsTKONOMiCAL telescope on stand, 3|-inch glass, by Wray. 

 No reasonable ofter refused. — Mrs. Webster, Ruislip, near 

 Uxbridge. 



Herhakium. — Offered, L. C, 8th ed. : 62. 70, 80, 88, 98, 

 112, 115, 158, 173, 180, 189, 200, 274, 291, 302, 547, 611, 625/', 

 638, 699, 709, 730, 733, 737, 742, 902, 904, 933, 938, 970, 990, 

 995, 1076, iioi. 1116, 1131, iigo, 1240, 1329, 1351, 1422.— E. C. 

 Robinson, 46 Fishergate, Pre-ton. 



Duhlic.vte diatom micro slides, in exchange for other good 

 mounts. Lists exchanged. — E. A. Hutton, Mottram, Man- 

 chester. 



Duplicates.— Euphrosyne, algon, corydon, 6". ligustri, 

 lupulinus, atomaria, piniaria, unidentata, vinula, impura, pal- 

 lens, segetum, and dentina. Desiderata, I'ritish or exotic 

 lepidoptera not in collection, preserved larva;, or offers. — F. K. 

 Warner, 20 Hyde Street, Winchester. 



Offered.— L. C. of Mosses: Nos. 33, 37, 41, 47, 51, 53, 65, 



78, 81, 86, 88, 105, 137, 162, 167, 188, 190, 224-230, 282, 284, 

 294. 1,^%, 30S, 3'3. 316. 318, 317, .345. 387. 393. 39o. 408, 410, 

 412, 415, 420, 421. 424, 426, 429, 437, 448, 454, 476, 480, 482, 

 489, 493, 495, 511, 513, 514^, 517, 519. 528, 539, 545, 551, 555- 

 56;, :ind many otiiers. Lists recjuested. — F. C. King, Bank 

 Villa, Fulwood, Preston. 



Offered. — "The Microscope," by Jabez Hogg, 6th ed. 

 "The Microscope and its Revelations" (Carpenter), 5th ed. ; 

 "The Naturalist's VVorld." bound vols., 1884-6; "A Vear at 

 the Shore" (P. H. Gosse), coloured plates; "Scripture Gallery 

 of Illustrations" (Dore), vol. i., magnificent: vols, of " Quiver " 

 (unbound;, 1871-3. Rack, slide box, polished bav wood, to 

 hold 144 s'ides ; camera obscura, 18 X 13 X 10. polished pine, 

 fine meniscus lens, protected plate-glass mirror, draw-out 

 box. Micro sUdes. — Scales Lcpid. cnt-vicollis, lepisina, A. pel- 

 lucida. /'/(■«. angulaiuiit, Muller's Hyalod. subtile, all mounted 

 for high powers Opaque — diatoms in situ from Dawlish, 

 Vancouver's Island, Santa Barbara, and California. Trans- 

 parent ism'a in sitn, and transparent diatoms from Cuxhaver. 

 (beautiful slide; ; diatoms and poly., Nicobar Islands; crystals 

 of zeolite, beautiful polariscope object. — Wanted, double nose- 

 piece (bent), books on natural history, or " Pen and Pencil " 

 series, and photographic lantern slides. Reply to accepted 

 offers. — J. E. L jrd, 16 Mount Terrace, Rawtenstall. 



Wanted, microscopic acc:ssories, books on the microscope, 

 or slides, in exchange for mounted sliiles. chiefly anatomical. — 

 S. Robinson Hallam, 55 Corny u Road, St. John's Road, New 

 Wandsworth, London, .-i.W. 



Wanted, to exchange many specimens of British shells, also 

 some fjreign ones from Burma faiid Australia. Will receive 

 shells not in collection, and foreign stamps. Correspondence 

 invited, ani lists exchanged. — Mrs. Heitland, The Priory, 

 Shrewsbury. 



Wanted, entomological cabinet, drawers full size, in ex- 

 change for small turning lathe and tools — W. A. Cheesman, 

 Valley View Villas, Warlingham, Surrey. 



I WILL exchange four -i'ols. "Amateur Work," illustrated, 

 irabound, also a quantity of cardboard trays, for micro slides. — 

 R. C. Chaytor, .'-crafion Lo ige, Middleham, Yorkshire. 



"British Medical Journal, " June 1883 to Dec. 1885 (5 vols.), 

 unbaund. Offers solicited in microscopical or other books, 

 periodicals, apparatus, or other exchange.— G. H. Bryan, 

 Thornlea, Cambridge. 



Wanted, dried leaves, Z'^'Wi'zz'^r, Eleagniis,oiwsina,S^c.; also 

 lepidoptera, Ulysses )>iorpJt<i, ryphcus, &c. Good exchange. — 

 Henry Ebbage, 344 Caledonian Road, London. 



Offered, good specimens from red and coralline crag, in 

 exchange for fossils of palseozoic age. Address — D., High 

 School, Ipswic*!. 



W,\nted, a mahogany cabinet or nest of drawers, for geo- 

 logical specimens ; the drawers must be 2^ inches deep inside. 

 Send measurements. Also, fossils from the London clay, 

 Woolwich beds, Neadon beds, Osborne beds, Bembridge beds, 

 and Bracklesham beds. Send lists, in exchange for others. — 

 Geo. E. East, jun., 10 Basinghall Street, E.C. 



Lepidoptera (duplicates), lonicera; (bred), segetum, oculca, 

 oleracea, exclamationis. Also in shells — H. virgata, and vars. 

 sidunaritiina and major, B. acnius, and vars. bizona and 

 striata, L. glabra, L. stagnalis (very fine), P. Cornells (very 

 fine), P. contortits, P. nmbilicata, also eggs of water-hen, 

 partridge, magpie, missel thrush, starling, chiff-chaff, &c. 

 Desiderata, eggs, shells, and lepidoptera, coleoptera, &c. — 

 William Hewett, 3 Wilton Terrace, Fulford Road, York. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"A Summary Account of the Wild Berries and other Edible 

 Fruits of Newfoimdland and Labrador," by Rev. A. C. Wag- 

 horne. — " Excursions of the London Geological Field Class, 

 188S." — " Practical Microscopy," by George E. Davis, 

 F.R.M.S., F.I.C., &c.— "On Variations of Climate in the 

 Course of Time," and "The Probable Cause of the Displace- 

 ment of Beach-lines," by A. Blyett, Christiania. — " First 

 Report of the Microscopical Society of Calcutta." — " Research." 

 —"Midland Naturalist."— " Wesley Naturalist," &c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to the ioth ult. from : 



E. B.— H. W.— C. O.— F. W.— J. A. W.— W. S. G.— P. J. N. 

 _W. H.— J. C— H. F.— T. H. H.— R. H. D.— J. W. B.— 

 M. McD.— C. C— W.— I. S— J. J. E.— G. R.— D. N.— 

 O. V. D.— A. W. B.— A. J. H. C— R. W.— F. W. G.— 

 H. J. P.-A. C. W.— Dr. F.-H. K.-T. H. H.— A. H. S.— 

 C. C— G. W.— H. W. M.— F. S. C.-T. A. W.— W. H. S.— 



F. S.— W. H.— G. S. T.— F. G.-M. K.— C. H. H. W.— R. S. 

 —P. Q. K.— W. H. H.-E. O. M— W. P. H.— R. P.— 

 F. W. P.— E. H. W.— J. W. C- A. J. F.— Mrs. W.— W. D. R. 

 —A. E. G. E. H. W.— A. B.— A. T. E.— B. T.— E. A. II.— 

 J. J. H— F. C. K.— S. L. M.— J. E. L.— T. A. D.— C. A. W. 

 —J. C. E.— C. H. O.— F. E. W.— A. M.— J E. V.— G. H. B. 

 — S. D.-K. A. D.— J H. -F. J. M. P.— F. E.— W. H.— 

 R. C. C— S. R. H.— K. F. S.— G. E. E.— Q. R.— W. E. C— 

 W. H. C— M. H.— J. E. L. — H. E.— J. H. K.-W. R. E. M. 

 — C. C— W.— K. E. S.— J. E. K.— W. G.— A. E. L.— D. IL— 

 J. H. S., &c. &c. 



