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IIARDVVICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[Dec. 1, 1867. 



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R. A. B., T. C— We have had the paper with dendritic spots 

 from several correspondents, and tad them to consi>t of 

 amorphous particles, and not of mucedinous threads. They 

 were first noticed by Lynghye, and are the Byssocludium 

 dendriticum of Agardh.— M. J. B. 



Upper Test Valley. — We would commend to J. B., and 

 all others interested in Hampshire fossils and implements, a 

 very useful and complete pamphlet on the subject, by Dr. 

 Joseph Stevens, just published by Mr. James Tennant, 

 Mineralogist, 149, Strand. 



Bugs.— There is no other work on Hemiptera, containing 

 all the British species, than Douglas and Scott's Hemiptera 

 Heteroptera, which A. S. P. and J. G. should procure. It is 

 an excellent example of a good book spoilt for the want of an 

 index. Moreover, while German authors and German figures 

 are quoted, the reader may look in vain to find English authors, 

 synonyms, or figures. What a pity it is that scientific writers 

 assume that everybody knows so much. 



J. A. K. — Hygrophorus coccineus. — Fr. 



C. P. C. — Clavaria pistillaris and Clavariafastigiuta. 



S. S.— We believe that the " Beimuda earth " alluded to is 

 from the Bermuda Hundred, in the valley of the Potomac 

 Virginia, U.S. 



J. S. — The work you name is such a recognized compilation 

 that it would be unjust to quote it, and not quote the au- 

 thority from which the information was first derived. 



W. T. I. — The Torrubiu militaris, which you call by its old 

 name of Sphoeria militaris, is figured 011 a chrj salis in Science- 

 Gossip, 1866, pp. 128, fig. 120. 



* E. B. of W. — We do not recognize anything like your very 

 rough sketch ; should any probability occur to us, we will 

 insert it. 



W. D. N. — We know no English work on Swiss or general 

 European Butterflies. 



J. B. B.-We know no elementary work en the Entomology 

 and Conchology of New Zealand. 



S. A. S. — We hoped that after publishing such character- 

 istic figures in Science-Gossip, 1866, p. 228, fig. 217, that 

 we should not have had again to name the very common 

 galls or oak spangles on the under surface of cak leaves. We 

 aie sorry that S. A. S. does not read his " Gossip " regularly. 



J. C. M.— No. 1, Madotheca platyphylla. 



Mosses (J. M.) No. 2, Eypnvtn rvtabulum. 3, Tortula 

 unguit nluta. 4, Bypnum hitescens. 5, Pottia cavifolia var. 

 incana. Should be glad of specimens of the latter when the 

 fruit is perfect in February. — R. B. 



F. C. B. — Your communication is such that we could not 

 reply to here, and you only sent initials, and no full address, 

 >o that you are alone to blame in not having it answered. 



T. G. P.— Ineligible for the "Exchanges." 



Clifton. — The following are the dates of publication : 

 Roth., "Tentamen," 1788-1800; Cavanilles, "Dissertationes," 

 1/9"; "Icones," 1791-I8OI ; Rinz and Pavon, " Flora Peruv," 

 1798-1802; Humboldt and Bonpland, 1808-9; Kunth, " Flora 

 Berol," 1813. 



T. R., jun.— " Rust, Smut, Mildew and Mould." Price six 

 shillings. Published by R. Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. 



EXCHANGES. 



Hair of Australian [Bat, and sections of Peccary, 

 Elephant, and other hairs, mounted, for other objects. — 

 George Potter, 7, Montpellier-road, Upper Holloway, N. 



Aregma Bulbosum. — (Brand on Bramble leaf), for 

 stamped envelop.— W. Spicer, 17, Brighton Park, Clifton. 



Convolvulus Hawk for other rare moths. — Send list to 

 H. H. O. Farrell, 10, Douro Place, Kensington. 



Foraminiferous Sand in exchange for other unmounted 

 objects. — Aildress, T. B. N., Cornbrook Abbey, Chester-road, 

 Manchester. 



Helix Pisana, from St. Clement's Bay, Jersey, in ex- 

 change for raie British or Foreign shells.— C. Adcock, 78, 

 Stafford-street, Birmingham. 



Eggs of British Birds for British Butterflies.— Send 

 lists to Thomas H. Hedworth, Dnnston, Gateshead. 



Small Green Forester (Ino Geryon) and December 

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Scales of the Gilt-head Fish {Chrysophris auratus) . — 

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Unmounted Objects for exchange (Hairs, &c. &c), 60 

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Acherontia atropos, and other Insects, for Foreign 

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BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" New Facts and Old Records," a Plea for Genesis, by S. R . 

 Pattison, F.G.S. 8vo. London : Jackson, Walford, & HocWer. 



" The American Naturalist." a popular magazine of Natural 

 History for September and October, IS67. Essex Institute, 

 Salem, Mass., U.S. 



"The Cabinet of the Earth Unlocked," by Edward Steam' 

 Jackson, M.A., F.G.S. London : Jackson, Walford, & Hoddei . 



" The Fourteenth Annual Report of the Brighton and 

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" Organic Philosophy." Vol. II. Outlines of Ontology. 

 Eternal Forces, Laws, and Principles, by HughDoherty, M.D. 

 8vo., cloth, pp. 455. London : Tiiibner & Co. 



" A Descriptive List of Flint Implements found at St. Mar)' 

 Bourne, &c," by Joseph Stevens, M.D. 8vo. London : 

 Tennant, I867. 



" A Catalogue of the British Plants, Known or Reported to 

 have been found in the County of Buckingham," by James 

 Britten, Hon. Sec, High Wycombe Natural History Society. 

 Wycombe. 



"Young England's Almanack and Naturalist's Calendar 

 for 1868 " (a broadsheet). London: Tweedie. 



" A Preliminary Notice of the Akazga Ordeal of West 

 Africa." By Thomas R. Fraser, M.D., F.R.S.E. London: 

 J. E. Adlard. 



" The Physiological Action of the Calabar Bean (Physox- 

 tigma venenosum)," by Thomas R. Fraser, M.D. From the 

 Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Edinburgh : 

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