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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP, 



Humerus from the Middle Eocene of Bracklesbarn," 

 by R. Lydekker (illustrated) ; "On Rocks from the 

 Saas-Thal and Geneva," by Captain Marshall Hall ; 

 "Notes on Early References to Geology, mostly 

 before 1800," by E. Litchfield ; " Notes on the 

 Artificial Unmaking of Flints," by T. Hay Wilson ; 

 "The Geology of Upton and Chilton, in Berks," by 

 A. J. Tukes-Brown (illustrated) ; " On the Estuary 

 of the Thames and its Alluvium," by F. C. J. Spurrell 

 (illustrated). 



We are also pleased to see that Mr. Miller Christy, 

 F.L.S., is preparing for the press "The Birds of 

 Essex." The volume, which will be illustrated, will 

 form the second of the "Special Memoirs" of the 

 Essex Field Club. Before publication, the price 

 will be loj-., and intending subscribers should send 

 in their names at once to Messrs. Durrant & Co., 

 90 High Street, Chelmsford, as, should a sufficient 

 number of subscribers not be obtained, it will not be 

 published. 



Messrs. L. Reeve & Co. announce for publica- 

 tion in monthly parts with coloured plates, " Lepi- 

 doptera Indica," by Frederic Moore, F.Z.S., F.E.S., 

 &c. Mr. Moore is a well-known authority on the 

 subject, and we have no doubt but what the book 

 will be a great success. The price of each part will 

 be \^s. 



The Report and Transactions, 1882-88, of the 

 Guernsey Society of Natural Science contains, amongst 

 other matter, the following papers : — " The Geology 

 of Guernsey," by Rev. E. Hill; "The Ferns of 

 Guernsey;" "An Excursion to Icart Point," and 

 "On Changes in the Relative Level of the Sea and 

 Land" by A. T. Derrick; "On the Occurrence of 

 Calcite in Guernsey" by A. CoUenette ; "The 

 Butterflies of Guernsey and Sark," by W. A. Luff. 



We were informed that the late Dr. Royston Pigott 

 was 72 years old, but his accurate age seems to have 

 been 70. 



Mr. C. A. WiTCHELL sends us an interesting paper 

 on " The Reptiliaand Batrachia of Gloucestershire," 

 read by him before the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field 

 Club. ISIr. Witchell is a keen observer of nature, and 

 has managed to condense much interesting matter 

 into a small compass. 



A Physical society is to be formed at Liverpool, 

 for the studies of the various sciences in which a 

 knowledge of physics is included. The preliminaiy 

 meeting was held in the Physics Theatre, University 

 College, on Wednesday, November 6th, at 8 p.m. 

 The secretary {pro tern.) is Mr. T. Tarleton, i Hyde 

 Road, Waterloo, Liverpool. 



Mr. Suchetet, the well-known naturalist, writes 

 from Rouen (Seine Inferieure), France, to say that 

 he would be much obliged by any person informing 

 him of any hybrid animals they possess, or that they 

 have observed, whether living or stuffed. 



INfR. W. Harcourt Bath has brought out a 

 seiies of new data blanks, leaving room for name, 

 locality, collector, date, &c. They are published by 

 the Naturalist Publishing Company, 112 Rann Street, 

 Birmingham. They are very cheap, being only 

 6(/. per 100, or 4^. per 1000. 



The Society for the Prevention of Hydrophobia, 

 and Reform of the Dog Laws, held a meeting at St. 

 James's Hall, on October 24th, under the presidency 

 of Sir Henry Roscoe, ^LP., when Mr. Frank Kers- 

 lake read a paper upon the "Cause and Prevention 

 of Hydrophobia." 



The South London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society held their Annual Exhibition at the 

 Bridge House Hotel, S.E., on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, October 30th and 31st. 



MICROSCOPY. 



New Slides. — W^e have received from Mr. F. 

 Enock a beautiful and highly interesting and 

 instructive preparation of the three legs of our most 

 beautiful British bee, Dasypoda hirtipes (Hairy Bee), 

 the only species which possess clubbed-shaped hairs, 

 seen on the third leg with two-thirds or higher. On 

 the first leg is shown the semicircular comb for 

 cleaning the antenna;, etc. On the second are various 

 brushes and combs to assist in gathering pollen. 



The Last Number of the "Journal of the 

 Royal Microscopical Society " contains, besides 

 their usual " Summary of Current Researches," the 

 following papers: "Notices of New Peritrichous 

 Infusoria from the Fresh W^aterofthe United States," 

 by Dr. A. C. Stokes ; and "Additional Notes on the 

 Foraminiffra of the London Clay exposed in the 

 Drainage W^orks, Piccadilly, London, in 18S5," by 

 C. Davies Sherborn, F.G.S., and F. Chapman. 



Leprosy. — In my note already sent to Science- 

 Gossip I stated Dr. Gardner's case of inoculated 

 leprosy as proving that the disease, under certain 

 circumstances, might be contagious. A final proof 

 has now been given of its contagiousness by Dr. 

 Arning, who inoculated successfully a condemned 

 criminal at Honolulu. The period of incubation was 

 very prolonged. — J. IV. Williams. 



The Journal of Microscopy for October, 

 amongst other matter, contains the following papers : 

 "Microscopical Imagery," by Dr. Royston Pigott. 

 " The Development of the Tadpole," by J. W. Gate- 

 house ; "Practical Notes on Histology," by V. A. 

 Latham ; "Two Important Biological Experiments," 

 by Mrs. Alice Bodington ; " Cements, Varnishes, 

 and Cells," by H. N. Lyon, &c. 



Achromatic Condensers. — I have Ross's large 

 microscope stand, with the Zentmayer swinging t.iil- 

 piece, and my highest power objective is Powell and 

 Lealand's j'sth oil-immersion, N.A. 1*38. Will any 



