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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[June 1, 1S6S. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



H. W. R. (Seaham) may obtain Reichenbach's work, for 

 which he inquires, of Mr. William Russel, 19, Broad Street, 

 Aberdeen, post free, six shillings. 



T. P. B.— Lists and Tables have always been, and still are, 

 inadmissible to our pages. 



J. C. H.— Dr. Gray's edition of " Turton's British Shells," 

 nuhlished at 15s., may be had of Wheldon, Great Queen 

 Street, for 6s. 6d. 



F. W. — The moss is Leskea (Homalothecium) sericea with 

 Anomodon viticulosus intermixed.— R. B. 



R. A. — The rust on Cerastium aroense is Uredo Caryophyl- 

 lucearum. 



A. K. P.— Seeds may be obtained of Hooper & Co., Covent 

 Garden Market. 



M. G.— Half adozen "Coil Shell" Snails (Planorbis cornea) 

 will soon clear off the conferva. 



Mites (name of sender mislaid).— The Mites appear to be 

 Oribates fuscipes, Koch.Deutsch. Crust., 38-9.-7. 0. W. 



W. W. S.— Apparently Podurafimetaria, so often found on 

 garden walks. — /. 0. W. 



F. F. S.— The Lime Hawk Moth (Smerinthus Tilice). 



L. V. H.— The green insects are Aphides or Plant-lice, the 

 others are " Scale Insects " (Cocci). The latter are not very 

 easy to get rid of at this time of year, when the very minute 

 young are swarming. 



F. W.— Not included in " Bryologia Britannica." 

 K. K. — It is Chrysis ignitn. 



A. B.— No. 1. Fedia olitoria. 2. Ranunculus auricomus. 



E. S.— The only work we know of likely to suit you is 

 Jenyns' "Manual of British Vertebrate Animals " (1835). 



C. C— A lady might presume to task Mr. Prince, but even 

 for a lady's sake we dare not be so absurd. We have a 

 strong opinion of our own, but are too gallant to let it out. 



G. H. A. desires us to call the attention of our readers to 

 an article in the Quarterly Review for April, entitled, "The 

 Farmer's Friends and Foes." 



J. C. D. — We cannot name such microscopic fragments. 



Parson Bird.— The native name (in our last number) 

 should have been Tui, or Tooe, and not Tin, as therein 

 printed. 



W. B.— The scale-like bodies on oranges are a species of 

 Scale Insect (Coccus). See a paper by the late Mr. Richard 

 Beck in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 



R. G. A.— Shells iii fragments, and plant not recognizable. 

 Box doubled up in transmission. 



R. E. S.— See account of the Octopus in Science-Gossip 

 for 1866, pp. 50, 87, 135. Victor Hugo has mixed together the 

 characters of two different animals, it is said, in his descrip- 

 tion. 



L. S. R.— The last Crane of which we have any record is 

 one in Sussex in 1849. They are very rare visitors. 



J. B. L. — A young and undeveloped condition. 



E. G.— The malady appears to be caused by Thrips, an 

 insect parasite to which Azaleas are very subject. Gishurst's 

 Compound, made and sold by Price's Candle Co., is the ap- 

 proved remedy. — M. T. M. 



F. G.—Rhizomorpha, an undeveloped condition of some 

 Polyporus or other fungus. 



J. W. G.— See Science-Gossip for 186", pp. 142, 166. 



G. B. (Preston). — Not fossils at all, but bad specimens of 

 Carbonate of Lime in different forms, amorphous and 

 crystallized. 



E. G. S. — We can say nothing from description, but scarcely 

 think them Ichneumons. 



W. E. — Certainly Bentham's is the easiest and best English 

 Botany for a beginner; beyond this there is a great difference 

 between Bentham and Babington ; and the experienced 

 botanist considers that the best which accords with his own 

 notion of the limitation of species. 



J. S. W.— 1. If we comprehend your question correctly, 

 the reply is negative. 2. Double fruits are not unusual. 



J. B. — Both specimens are Orchis mono, which is very 

 variable in colour. — W. G. S. 



F. W. B.— Our rule is not to answer more than two queries, 

 or name more than two objects at a time. Can it be true 

 that you do not know the Cockchafer (Melolontha vulgaris) , 

 the common Dytiscus marginalia, and the equally common 

 Poplar Hawk Moth (Smerinthus Populi) ? 



R. A. surely cannot imagine that Latin descriptions of 

 foreign plants is the sort of science-gossip that our readers 

 require. 



J. B. — 1. Uredo Totentillarum. 2. Puccinia Betonicte— too 

 immature to be of use to any one. 



W. H.— Although we do not believe in Physa acuta as a 

 distinct species, your specimens agree well with what is called 

 by that name. — J. E. O. 



F. W.— The moss is Orthotrichum diaphanum.—R. B. 



A. J. (Melrose). — No. 2. Bryum pallens. 3. Hypnum 

 {Plagiothecium) sylvaticiun. 1 . and 4. Send further specimens. 

 — R. B. 



W. E.—Jungcrmannia divaricata. — R. B. 



F. W. B. — No. 1. Bryum inclination. 2. Hypnum ruta- 

 b uliim. 3. Dicranella heteromalla. 4. Pogonatum nanurn. — 

 R.B. 



EXCHANGES. 



Foraminifkrous Sand from Connemara, or Hair of 

 Foreign Animals, in return for rare British Grasses. — J. C, 

 16, Ellesmere Place, Stockport Road, Manchester. 



Gloiosiphonia capillaris, and other Northern Algre, for 

 others from the Southern Coast. — T. Bell, 49, Queen Street, 

 Peterhead. 



Fresh Sugar Cane in exchange for mounted objects. — 

 J. H., Cheltenham Branch Dispensary. 



Mounted Crystals (several sorts'), and Cuticles from 

 Petals of various Plants, for named Eggs of British Lepidop- 

 tera. — E. M., 92, Southampton Row, W.C. 



Foraminifera (unmounted) West Coast of Ireland. — Send 

 stamped envelope to John Waddington, 15, Peel Street, 

 Rochdale, Lancashire. 



Remains of Plants found in Peat Bed, 25 feet below 

 the surface. — Send stamped envelope, O. Poole, Uphill, 

 Weston-super-Mare. 



Hairs of Sea Mouse, Oriutolites, and Spicules of 

 Gorgonia, mounted or unmounted, Diatoms and Forami- 

 nifera, unmounted, for other objects. — W. W., 1, Mount 

 Terrace, Westminster Road, London. 



Oak Beauty (Amphydnsis prndmmaria), for any of the 

 Clearwings, Emperor, or Kentish Glory.— J. Perdue, Ridge- 

 way, Plympton, Devon. 



Pathological Specimens wanted for Pus and Cholestearin 

 and Leucocythamic Blood (mounted).— Lawson Tait, Wake- 

 field. 



Diatomaceotjs Earth from Salem (Mass., U.S.), for 

 good mounted or unmounted objects. — Lists to be sent to 

 A. M. Edwards, 49, Jane Street, New York. 



Daphnia pulex, Cyclops quadricoknis, or Larva of 

 Corethra pi.umicornis, mounted, for good mounted 

 medical objects. —Herbert M. Morgan, Lichfield. 



Spicules of Holothuria, Foraminifera, Hair, and 

 other objects offered in exchange for other objects. — T. D. 

 Russell, 26, Westbourne Park Villas, W. 



Diatomackous Earth from Cherryfield, Maine, U.S., for 

 good mounted objects. — E. C. B., care of the Editor. 



American Unios, Land and Fresh-water, or Marine 

 Shells, and Post-pleiocenk Fossils from Maine, U.S., for 

 British objects of Natural History, Shells, Fossils, &c. — 

 E. C. B., care of the Editor. 



Goroonia succinea, and other named species (mountedi, 

 for good Entomological or other slides. — W. Freeman, 2, 

 Ravensbourne Hill, Greenwich. 



Micro-Fungi, Puccinia Betonicb, and LTredo Potev- 

 tillarum, for other species, or good mounted objects. — 

 J. Bowman, Cockan, Lamplugh, Cockermouth. 



Diatoms. — Twelve excellent slides will be given for a pure 

 gathering of Toxonidea or Pleurosigma foriuosum. — J. A., 

 13, Suffolk Square, Cheltenham. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" British Butterflies." A Broadsheet containing figures of 

 all the British Butterflies at one View. London : Tweedie. 



"Country Life." Nos. 38, 39, 40, 41. London: 10, Bolt 

 Court. 



" Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society " for April, 

 1868. 



'• The American Naturalist." Vol. II. Nos. 2 and 3, for 

 April and May. London : Triibner & Co. 



"The Naturalist's Circular " for May, 1868. London: 

 H. Hall. 



Communications Receivkd. — T. D. R. — W. H. 

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E. D. R.— M. G.— A. R. P.— R. A.— J. H. C— R. B— J. C 



F. W.— J. G.— L. G. M.— T. P. B.— J. A.— E. B.— J. 

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C. D. H.— J. C— J. H.— G. G.-J. W. G.— H. W.— R. V. 

 F. M. N— J. H.— F. G. B.— L. S. R.— J. B.— B. J. 



F. R. B.— G. B. C— R. H.— J. M. A.— G. C— G. H. 



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