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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[Nov. 1, 1S63. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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 script after one month from the date of its receipt. 



W. R. and M. W.— Artichoke galls. 



H. H.— What " Black Fly " ? What " Green Fly " ? You 

 must really be more explicit in your queries. 



W. K.— In our volume for 1866, p. 180, you will find a 

 reply to your query in the article entitled "The Diet of 

 Worms." We have no doubt the fern is to be found at the 

 place indicated, but not at this period of the year. 



G. C. — A resupinate form of Polyporus versicolor. 



W. M. H. inquires for the address of some dealer in 

 Lepidoptera in Rotterdam, Hamburg, or Antwerp. 



C. P. C. — The enclosure was Cantharellus aurantincus, not 

 edible. Amanita rubescens exhibits a dirty brick-red colour 

 upon being bruised. In some cases very little redness is to 

 be seen. 



E. J. J.— Not very extraordinary that a fish should live 

 half an hour out of water. 



M. D.— Fungi will imbibe the flavour of such a volatile sub- 

 stance as turpentine if placed within its influence. No fungi 

 are so good as when cooked immediately after being 

 gathered. 



J. G. O.— Your conjecture is very probable. 



J. S. A.— The Humming-bird Hawk-moth has not been un- 

 common during the past two or three years. 



W. E. S.— The fern is Cystopteris fragilis, common in 

 North Wales and elsewhere. 



G. B. (Bonsall.)— The moss is Dicranella heteromalla. — 

 R.B. 



J. C. D.— Bryum capillure, young. — R. B. 



H. F. P. — Plant from Penryn is Illecebrum verticillatum. — 

 B. 



J. R. E.— Hawks and owls are fed on raw meat, mice, and 

 small birds. Your book is above the second-hand price. 



W. F. Howlett. — Your small beetle is apparently a 

 recently disclosed and slightly undeveloped example of 

 Scymnus minimus, Payk.; a species occasionally found near 

 London, belonging to the Coccinellidae.—E. C. R. 



F. G. T.— The beetles in box No. 1 are Hylesinus fraxini, 

 Fab., one of the Xylophaga, very common, and olten in- 

 jurious to ash trees. For an account of its habits, see the 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, vol. v., p. 120. Those in 

 box No. 2 are of two different genera, both belonging to the 

 Cioida;, and common in fungoid growth on old trees. The 

 larger one is the abundant Cis boleti, Scop. ; and the three 

 smaller specimens are Octotemnus glabriculus, Gyll., — the 

 two lighter examples of them being very immature. Those in 

 box No. 3 are all Engis rvfifrons, Fab., one of the TSrotylidm, 

 gregarious, and abundant in fungi on trees, especially on 

 elms.-£. C. R. 



A. R. — Bombus muscorum, male. — C. W. 

 W. H. D. forgets that we are " Gossips." 



B. T.— One slide for a little of Cherryfleld deposit. 



E. C. — The larger species of your beetles is Cis boleti. 

 Scop.; the smaller is Octotemnus glabriculus, Gyll. Both 

 belong to the family Cioida?, and are abundant in fungoid 

 growth on old trees. — E. C. R. 



T. J. — Drawing very rough, so that it is difficult to name 

 your caterpillar therefrom. It is probably that of Xylophasia 

 rurea, or X. hepatica. — II. G. K. 



J. B. (High Crompton.)— No special provision is made in 

 the bye-laws of the Quekett Microscopic Club for country or 

 corresponding members. They are admitted as ordinary 

 members for ten shillings per annum. 



R. H. N. B. — Most probably a Polycystin. 



G. T. P. — On pear leaves is a fungus, Rasstelia cancellata. 



J. M. — We cannot insert communications received after 

 the 15th of the month, at latest, until the succeeding number, 

 when yours will be useless. We have given this notice very 

 often without much effect. 



W. B. C— Several remedies are given in our volume for 

 last year. 



T. G. D.— Mr. W. R. Tate, Grove House, Hackney, is most 

 likely to be able to inform you. 



EXCHANGES. 



Colias hvale and Sphinx i.igustri in exchange for 

 other species.— E. H. Walland, 19, Oakley Street, Chelsea. 



Lepidoptera in exchange for minerals or fossils. — 

 R. S. M., 2", Oakley Road, Islington. 



Cornish and other Plants in exchange for local 

 British or European plants.— Send lists to R. V. T., Withiel, 

 Bodmin, Cornwall. 



Oak Spangles. — For specimens send stamped and directed 

 envelope to B. Taylor, 57, Lowther Street, Whitehaven. 



Farm of Notodenta Ziczac, and Larv.t. of Phragma- 

 tori a fuliginosa for pupse of any of the Hawk-moths except 

 S.populi. — Alfred Pickard, Wolsingham, Darlington. 



Seeds of Eccremocarpus, Hair of Bat, and Wing- 

 case of Brazil Diamond Beetle (unmounted), for a 

 good mounted object.— J. Shelton, 52, High Street, Bedford. 



Fossil Wood from Lough Neagh, Ireland. — Send 

 stamped and directed envelope for sections, to John Butter- 

 worth, Mount Pleasant, High Crompton. 



French and British Beetles to exchange for others. — 

 E. G. Wheeler, 3, Bertie Terrace, Leamington. 



Pup.« of Privet Hawk (S.ligustri) and Peppered Moth 

 (A. betularia), for other British Lepidoptera.— C. R. Deward, 

 41, Copenhagen Street, Worcester. 



Gobgonia anceps and other species (named). — Good 

 slides offered for good injections. — W. Freeman, 2, Ravens- 

 borne Hill, Lewisham Road, Greenwich. 



Dionjea muscipula (Venus's Fly-trap) in exchange for 

 similar plants.— John Nilson, 4, Meadow View, Whitehaven. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" Bristol Naturalists' Society, List 'of Officers, Members, 

 and Books ; and the Rules." Bristol, 1863. 



" Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society." Vol. iii. 

 No. 7, September, 1868. Bristol, 186s. 



" The American Naturalist." Vol. ii.. No. 7, September. 

 No. 8, October. Salem, Mass. : Peabody Academy of Science. 



" The American Entomologist." No. .", September, 186s. 

 Studley & Co., St. Louis Mo., U.S. 



"Popular Science Review," for October, 186S. London: 

 R. Hardwicke. 



" A Guide to the Study of Insects," by A. S. Packard, Jan., 

 M.D. Parts I. and II. Salem: Press of the Essex Institute, 

 U.S. 



" The Quarterly Magazine of the High Wycombe Natural 

 History Society." Vol. ii., No. 2, October, 1868. Wycombe : 

 W. Butler. 



"Country Life." Vol. ii., No. 57, October 1st., l 

 London: 10, Bolt Court. 



"The Dental Register," edited by J. Taft and G. Watt. 

 September, 1868. Cincinnati: Wrightson & Co. 



"The Gardener's Magazine." Part XXXIV., October, 

 1868. London : E. W. Allen. 



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