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HARDWfCKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[July 1, 18G9. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



L. F. R. — We cannot attempt to name unless you send 

 specimen. 



C. L. C— The object sent some time since has now proved 

 to he the eggs of a moth. The hairy little caterpillars we 

 have no leisure to rear so as to determine the species. It is 

 probably allied to the " Lackey." 



R. H. A. — We cannot attempt to name from such uncharac- 

 teristic fragments. No. 2 is Sertularia polyzonias. 



A. S. — We cannot attempt to name seedling ferns from 

 fronds or fragments without fruit. 



C. B. H. desires to record the appearance of the Painted 

 Lady {Vanessa Cardui) near Belgrave Square, London. 



R. H. F. — We know of no " dictionary of insects." The 

 best substitute would be a good practical entomologist. 



Drkissena.— At page 123, line 29, for "Neone" read 

 " Nene ;" line 45, for *' ganglia " read " ganglion ;" page 124, 

 for " branchiala " read" branchial or."— T. G. P. 



W. E.— Bryant's ''Flora Dietetica" is an old book, and 

 may often be found on old bookstalls, and purchased for a 

 shilling or two. 



W. R.— Let them do it, because it is only a natural act. 



G. B. — No. 1. Hi/pnum velutinum. 2. H. pnelongum. 3. 

 H. serpens. 4. H. commutatum. Don't send so many again. 

 — R. B. 



H. E. W.— Galls produced by an insect. 



H. H. M.— Probably Dr. Murie's paper on the Classifica- 

 tion of Microscopical Objects would suit your purpose. It is 

 published in No. 2 of the Monthly Microscopical Journal 

 (Hardwicke). 



W. G. — The lichen sent is Cladonia cocci/era, variety 

 mucilenta. — W. C. 



S. S.— Geranium lucidum. — B. 



W. C. T. (Oporto).— Aspidium (Poli/stichum) aculeatum, 

 Swz. ; and Pteris argutu, Ait.—/. G. B. 



A. J. D.— By no means an uncommon occurrence. 



M. C, Kent. — We cannot recommend such a portable 

 book on marine shells as you require. Perhaps some 

 correspondent can name a recent Flora of Normandy and 

 Brittany. 



J. S. — The very common " red rust." 



F. S. (Rngeley) requires J. Strale, or Heale's address. 

 Letter sent to 6, Brewer Street, returned " not kiiown.'' 



A. H. M. — An undoubted variety of Lasiommata Megcera. 



A. S. R. (Montreal).— The supposed fungus on legs of 

 Papilio listerias is not a fungus at all, but pollen masses from 

 some species of Orchis. See Darwin on " Fertilization of 

 Orchids." 



E. C. — Your beetle is Liodes humeralis, the commonest 

 member of the Anisotomidte. It is not unfrequently found in 

 the South of England in fungoid matter, but becomes more 

 abundant towards the north, where it is otten seen in con- 

 siderable numbers. The male is more shining and has more 

 robust limbs than the female.— E. C. R. 



p. B. — We can find no [fungus, and no black spots, and 

 nothing abnormal in your Stellaria. Something like insect 

 cxuvia in the box. 



R. H.— The Wood Spurge {Euphorbia amygdahndes), as far 

 as can be determined from the fragment without leaves. 



D. H. S.— The " Micrographic Dictionary," article " CEdogo- 

 nium,'' contains all the particulars we have seen in English 

 of the process of fertilization. 



W. J. — A very slight examination would have convinced 

 any one that your plant is Sncale and not Hordeum. 



F. G., Seaforth.— The two dipterous insects appear to he 

 Bibio Marci.—C. 0. W. 



J. B. B.— The wasp is Vespa Germanica. — C. 0. W. 



B. T.— Leaf galls. 



H. B. P. N. — No. 1, Vitis, species indeterminable. 2. 

 Ptelcea trifoliata. 3. Acta-a or Cimicifuga.— J. G. B. 



E. W.— No. 100. Aspidium aculeatum (typical). 101. Aspi- 

 dium aculeatum, var. angulare. 102. Pteris argutu. 103. 

 Nephrodium Filix mas. — J. G. B. 



EXCHANGES. 



Mosquitoes from the United States (mounted) offered in 

 exchange for any other good entomological objects, slide for 

 slide.— A. P., care of the Editor. 



Pal'lownia imterialis.— Seeds for distribution.— Send 

 stamped and addressed envelope to " Oporto," care of the 

 Editor. 



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Marine Diatoms (unmounted) from North Shore, White- 

 haven, in exchange for a little French's Pond deposit. A 

 stamped and directed envelope will secure a little Embryo of 

 Oyster. — W. Gurnburn, 5, Rosemary Lane, Whitehaven. 



Spoxgilla fluviatilis. — Birotulate spicules mounted, in 

 exchange for good mounted objects, entomological preferred. 

 — " Portland," care of the Editor. 



British Birds' Eggs.— North Country Birds' Eggs in ex- 

 change for South Country Eggs.— Send list to Alfred Pickard, 

 Wolsingham, Darlington. 



Cornish Plants (dried) for others, especially from East 

 and South of England and West and South of Ireland. — Send 

 lists to R. V. T., Withiel, Bodmin, Cornwall. 



Minerals offered for other objects. — Address, W., No. I, 

 St. Paul's Terrace, Chichester. 



Royal Fern and Beech Fern in exchange for British 

 Moths and Butterflies. — R. Higson, 34, Friargate, Preston, 

 Lancashire. 



Gizzards of Cricket (mounted opaque for binocular) 

 for good Marine Diatoms (mounted or unmounted). — G. 

 Moore, Dereham Road, Norwich. 



Diatomaceous Deposits from — French's Pond, Albany, 

 Maine; Duck Pond. Waterford, Maine ; Cherryfield, Maine; 

 Stockhoe Hill, Richmond, Virginia; French Garden Hill, 

 near Richmond, .Virginia. — Sample (unmounted) of any of 

 the above for a good mounted object.— E. C. B., care of the 

 Editor. 



Foraminifera from Tenby, S.W. — Send a stamped 

 directed envelope to John Humphreys, Cheltenham Branch 

 Dispensary. 



Cotyledon umbilicus in exchange for similar plants. — 

 John Wilson, 4, Meadow View, Whitehaven. 



Shells, Feathers of Indian Birds, Sec, offered for British 

 Mosses. — E. C. Jellie, Foley Cottage, Redland, Bristol. 



Foreign Land Shells offered for British Land and Marine 

 SheIl-\ Thomas Ball, Brigg, Lincolnshire. 



Specimens of best Scottish, Alpine, West of Scotland, and 

 other rare British Flowering Plants will be given in exchange 

 for specimens of South of England or Midland Counties 

 Plants. — Lists sent to Rev. John Pagan, Bothwell Manse, 

 Lanarkshire. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



"The Gardener's Magazine." Part XLII. June, I860. 

 London : E. W. Allen. 



"The Dental Register." April, I869. Cincinnati: Wright- 

 son & Co. 



"Scientific Opinion." Part VII. June, I869. London: 

 Wyman & Sons. 



"The Monthly Microscopical Journal," No. VI. June, I8C9. 

 London: Roberr, Hardwicke. 



"Land and Water." Nos. 1/5, 176, 177. London: 169, 

 Fleet Street. 



"The Canadian Entomologist." No. 10. Entomological 

 Society of Canada. 



"The Action of Anaesthetics on the Blood Corpuscles," by 

 J. H. M'Quillen, M.D., Professor of Physiology in Philadel- 

 phia Dental College. Reprinted from Dental Cosmos, March, 

 I860. 



" The Disinfectant Question ;" Review of a Book by Dr. 

 Angus Smith, entitled " Disinfectants and Disinfection." 

 London : M'Corquodale & Co. 



" Le Naturaliste Canadien." No. 6. Mai, I860. Quebec: 

 8, rue de la Montagne. 



" The Quarterly Journal of the Folkstone Natural History 

 Society." No. 3. June, I869. 



"The American Entomologist." Nos. 9 and 10. May and 

 June, 18(iy (No. 8 not received). St. Louis, Mo. : R. P. Stud- 

 ley Si Co. 



" The Lepidopterist's Guide, intended for the Use of the 

 Young Collector : containing full instructions for the Collect- 

 ing, Management, Observation, and Preservation of Lepido- 

 ptera, in all their Stages,'' by H. Guard Kuaggs ,M.D., F.L.S. 

 London: Van Voorst. 



" The American Naturalist." Vol. III., No. 4. June, I869. 

 Salem : Peabody, Academy of Science. 



Communications Received.— D. H. S.— J. C. — F. T. M. 

 — G. G.- R. V. T.— E. T. S.— J. B — A P.— J. G. O.— C. E. F. 

 — C. B. H.— F. V. P.— T. G. P. -W. C. T— S. S.— S. A. S.— 

 W. G.— -F. T.— S.— J. C. W.— J. W. G.— J. K. P.— J. Y. H.— 

 A. H— P. N. R.— V. C. S. R.— W. K.-J. C— H. C. L.-Mrs. 

 S.— W. B. L.— R. H. F.-F. G. M.— H. H. U.—T. S.— E. A. S. 

 —J. R— H. E. W— E. C. R.— A. S.— H. C— R. H.— H. L. M. 

 — W. H.-T. S— J. G. O.— M. D.— J. R. W. H.— F. W. W.— 

 G. M— L. F. K.— R. G.-R. F.— J. S.— H. B.— M. C.-W. S. 

 — H. N. O.— E. J. J. -J. H.-S. A. B.— F. C. H.— J. H.— 

 A. J. D.— F. S. T.— A. H. I.— T. B.— A. G.— E. C. J.— A. A.— 

 W. J.— E. A. N.-J. W.-A. S. R.— J. H— J. P.— F. H. L.— 

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