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HARDWICKE'S S CIEN C E-GO SS IP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



W. Mawb. — The facts you rpcord are well known to ento- 

 mologists. See Newman's " Butterflies " on the phenomena 

 of hybernation. 



S. S. — Your notice of Siiiranthes never came to hand. 



L. O. F. R. — It is a common thinK for the Lias fossils to be 

 incrusted with pyrites, but there is no means of removing 

 the latter without injuring the fossils. 



P. Barlow. — The " Micrographic Dictionary," now pub- 

 lishing in half-crown parts, would meet all your wants, as 

 it gives a full and detailed account of each microscopical 

 object. 



E. LovKTT. — The so-called gall is better known as " Oak- 

 button." It is formed by one of the Cynipidne, called 

 Neurohius lieaumuri. See .S.-G. for November, 1866. 



J. \V.— The Oak-leaf funsus is Uredo Quercils. That on 

 the Veronica leaf appears to he U. confluens. 



T. B. W. — Very curious. See Master's " Teratology " for 

 similar freaks. Please send the paper you mention to us. 



E. M. P. — Your pest appears to be the Red House-ant 

 (Dipliirhoptrum mnlesta). It is anything but a rare visitor in 

 London, Hastings, and Brighton. For full description see an 

 article by W. E. Shuckard, in Scikxce-Gossip for December, 

 1866. The species has undoubtedly been introduced from 

 South America. 



E. T. S. — Your specimen of Geranium fungus has unfortu- 

 nately been mislaid. Send another. 



R. Blight.— The Star-thistle Centaurea ( Cen^aurea ca?ci- 

 traj)ii). 



J. B.— The fungus is A. statice ; it is not uncommon on the 

 Dandelion. 



H. L. G.— Vou are right in your surmise The plant sent 

 is the Autumnal Gentian (Gentinti'i imtarelln). 



J. H. G.— The plant you describe corresponds with 

 Charophyllum temulentum, or " Rough Chervil."— J. B. 



H. C. S.— Your bird is doubtless the IJttle Grebe, or Dab- 

 chick (Podireps minor). 



FrxGi. M. Brownnig. Hastings —Fungus sent is Boletus 

 snbtomentostis^ Giant Puff-ball. Cut in slices half-inch thick 

 to fry in egg for ten minutes. — W. G. S. 



J. H. M.— You had better send us the e.xtract to look over, 

 as well as cuts, &c. 



J. A. G.— Please leave a specimen at 192, Piccadilly. 



E. H. — Accepted. Will appear next month. 



M. D. Berksford. — In the reply last month, instead o£B. 

 uniiitlt'um, read B. curvutum. 



H. V. E.— The ferns inclosed are the Black Spleenwort 

 (Aipleniiim adiantum-nigrutn). Your variety of Hart's-tongue 

 is doubtless that of muliifidum. 



E. C. J.— No letters relating to exchange of zoophytes have 

 been sent to us for you. Answer as to zoophytes next 

 month. 



E. \V. — No. 1 is E. parriflora ; No. 2, E. angustifolia. 



A. E. M. — The shell is Muctni stultoruvt. 



J. Sargent, Jun.— The insect was probably Lepisma 

 saciharina ; but it came utterly smashed. Our querists cannot 

 take too much trouble in inclosing specimens. It is too great 

 a temntation to the Post-office officials to resist smashing 

 anything marked " with care ! " 



J. M. Xewland. — The specimen was the Small Earwig 

 [Labia minor). 



The Fu-vgus with black stalks seems to be a barren form 

 of T/iamnomyces hippotrichioides. — W. G. S. 



EXCHANGES. 



W'ell-mol'nted slides of diatoms, kc, for unmounted and 

 unprepared diatomaceous earths. Names required. N.B. 

 Except Toomebridge.— H. B. Thomas, 13, Market-place, 

 Boston. 



Three varieties of .4c<inia, an eleven-rayed Star-fish, and 

 sundry other specimens, ni exchange for any othfrs suitable 

 lor a small marine tank.- A. E. Allinson, Lynn, Norfolk. 



Crystals for Polariscope. — A variety offered :n exchange 

 for other well- mounted slides.— Send list to Alfred Allen, 

 Felstead, E-^sex. 



British Land and Frrsh-water Shells, named andlocalities 

 given, in exchange for British Birds' Eggs, with names, &c. — 

 Address with lists, H. Perkins, Sibford, near Banbury, Oxon. 



Sucui ES of Halichondrin snniruinea and Gruntia bo- 

 trviiidesior other good mounted objects. — J. C. Hutcheson, 

 8, Lensdowne Crescent, Glasgow. 



\V A NTEii. in exchange for a good unmounted object, a good 

 specimen of Actinocynlus RiilJ'sii, well mounted in balsam. — 

 Send stamped box or enveh j)-, with the object, to W. Sar- 

 gant, Jun., Caverswali, Cheadlc, Staffordshire. 



NiiRTH American Coleojitera in exchange lor any other. — 

 Address W. V. Andrew, No. lir. Broadway, New York, U.S. 



British Lepidopteraiii exchangefor otherBritish ; Northern 

 specimens wanted.— A. H.S.,5li, Arlington Street, Morning- 

 ton Crescent, London. 



For testa of Star Anise-seed send stamped directed enve- 

 lope and object to John H. Martin, S6, Week-st., Maidstone. 



Larv.^ of Oak Eggar {Lasiocainpa qufi-cila), and Pupre of 

 Privet Sphinx (S. ligustri), for good microscopic slides.— John 

 Woodland, The Parks, Nineheai, Taunton. 



For hair of Guanaco send stamped envelope to Isaac 

 Wheatley, Mailing Street, Lewes. Any microscopic object 

 acceptable. 



Eggs of Kingfisher, Cuckoo, Quail, Spotted Sandpiper. 

 Stone Curlew, Long-eared Owl, Bernicle Goose, Nfi?ht-jar, 

 and Red Grouse, &c, for other good eggs. Sea birds' e-pe- 

 cially wanted. Unacceptedoffersnotanswered.— J. Anderson, 

 Alresford, Hants. 



British Ferns and their vars. for others, British or Foreign. 

 — J. Bowman, Cockan Lamplugh, Cockermouth. 



Lepidoptera, British Land and Fluviatile Shells. Fossils, 

 and Minerals, in exchangefor Foreign or rare British shells, 

 or fossils. Lists sent and required. — M. M., Post Office, 

 Faversham, Kent. 



Good slides for Mole Crickets, Locusts, Great Cockroach 

 {B/atta giga.'), the harmless Wake Beetle [Hydrous piceus). 

 — C. L.Jackson, Clarendon Terrace, Bolton. 



W.\.\ted, growing plant of Bardfield O.xlip [Primula elatior, 

 Jacq.). Growing plant of Pulmnnaria angustifolia offered in 

 e.xchange. — F. J. Warner, 3, Clifton Terrace, Winchester. 



Wa.vted to exchange, Forfarshire Mosses for the mosses of 

 any other locality. — W. M. Ogilvie, Lochee, near Dundee. 



For a little seaweed rich with Grainmatonhora marina and 

 Rhabdoneina arcuatuin, send stamped and directed envelope 

 to William Swinbum, 36, West Strand, Whitehaven, Cum- 

 berland. 



Silken Cocoons of Liparis auriflua and Odonestis 

 potaturia, aud other entomological slides for exchange. — Ad- 

 dress, E. Lovett, Holly Mount, Croydon. 



Wanted, Lias and Oolitic Fossils in exchangefor Mountain 

 Limestone species.— J. Harker, Richmond, Yorkshire. 



For Hair of Mole, Fox, and American Squirrel send stamped 

 directed envelope and object of microscopical interest to 

 R. L- Kay, Cathnor Road, New Road, Shepherd's Bush, W. 



Sporangia of Fuhjpodiutn nerifolium and Nvphnidiam 

 molle-cristatum for good objects and stamped envelope. — 

 W. B. Marshall, 16, Chaucer Street, Nottingham. 



A Collection of Fossils, comprising specimens from 

 almost all the formations, for|a student's microscope. — Rough 

 lists on application to F. Stanley, Infirmary, Margate. 



Plants from Ben Lawers, Sec, in exchange for rare plants. 

 — W. R. Hayward, Devonshire Road, Forest Hill, S.E. 



L. Sybilla, V. polychloros, H. Semelt, C. ligniperda, X. 

 cerasa, C. du/ilaris, A. Aprilina, &c. &c., in exchange for 

 British or Foreign Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, or Microscopic 

 slides. — Joseph Anderson, Jun., Alresford, Hants. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" The Canadian Naturalist." No. 4. 



"The Yorkshire Naturalists' Recorder." Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 



" The Boston Journal of Chemistry." No. 3, vol. vii. 



" Land and Water." 



" The Vegetable World." By L. Figuier. New aiid revised 

 edition. London : Cassell & Co. 



Liiidley and Hutton's " Fossil Flora of Great Britain." 

 Vol. i. New edit.,, edited by W. Carruthers, F.R.S., London- 



" Town Geology." By Canon Kingsley. London: Strulian 

 &Co. 



" Introduction to Study of Biology" By Professor >ichoU 

 son. London and Edinburgh : Blackwood & Son. 



" Canadian Entomologist." No. 8. 



" Popular Science Review," October. London : Hard- 

 wicke. 



"Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society," IS,'::. 

 January to May. 



Deschamel's " Natural Philosophy." By Professor Everett. 

 Part IV. " ^ound and Heat " London : Blackie & Son. 



"The Flint- works at Cissbury." By Dr. J. Stevens. 



" Geological Notices of North Hampshire." By Dr. Joseph 

 Stevens. 



"Memoirs of the Geological Survey." Vol. iv. "The 

 Geology of the London Basin." Part I. "The Chalk and 

 Eocene Beds of the Southern and Western Tracts." By W. 

 Whitaker, B.A., F.G.S. London, 18-2. 



Communications Rkckivko up to l2th Oct.— T. B 

 C. L. J.— T. B. \V.— E. B. F.— A. M.-J. C. M.— J. 

 J. W. B.— H. L. G.-J. B.-C. S. P. P.— J. H.— W. V. 

 A. H. S.- W. S.-H. E. S.— H. H.-M. B. M.-G. C.-C. 

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 I W.— J. J. M.— F. J. W.— E. B. K.-E. L— \V. G.— E. 

 W. M. G.-J. A.. Jun.— H. W.— J. W.— E. H.-R. 

 H. F. E.— J. B.— \V. H. C— E. C. L.— J. P.— F. A.— 11. 

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