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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



J. Sinel and W. C A. — Thanks for yours. 



R. M. — An anonymous exchange. 



J. Taylor. — " Journal of Conchology." London: D. Bogue. 

 Probably quarterly. 



J. BRABY. — Sends a few tiny larvae and wants them named. 

 No information supplied as to what they feed on, or where 

 found, &c. &c. ! 



J. A. Wheldon. — No. 1 looks like a spurrey, but it is not 

 easy to name it satisfactorily in its present condition. 



A. Somerville.— Write to H. Wallis Kew, Hon. Sec, Louth, 

 Lincolnshire. 



B. H. and W. A. H. — Yours not exchanges. 



L. F. — These are not exchanges, nor otherwise suitable. 

 W. H- Boland.— Your exchange is not inserted, for reason 

 which may be gathered from note on page 212. 

 R. Paulson.— An answer perhaps next month. 



EXCHANGES. 



L.C, 7th Edition: Duplicates, 40, 41, 1626, 315, 40O, 45s, 

 468 g. e. u., 539, 558, 561, 615, 628, 668, 801, 931, 1036, 1040, 

 1043, 1072, 1090, 1125, 1319, 1384, 1421, 1438, 1570b., 1586, 

 , 5 8g, 1591, 1597- Desiderata numerous. Lists exchanged.— 

 J. A. Wheldon, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 



British land and fresh-water shells in exchange for British 

 marine or foreign shells. Wanted, Vertigo Lilljeborgi^fj 'es- 

 terlung), V. tumida, V. alpestris, and V. minutissima. 

 Offered very large examples of Uuio pictorum and others. — 

 W. Gain, Tuxford, Newark. 



Helix potnatia, lapicida, ericetonim, virgata, arbustorum, 

 Cantiana, Cochlkopa tridetis, Clausilia laminata, Clausilia 

 Rolphii, Bulimus obscurus, Zua lubrica, Pupa umbilicata. 

 Desiderata : imagoes, pupa, larva British Lepidoptera, or 

 offers.— A. Beales, 37 Kingsley Road, Maidstone. 



Duplicates: Pisidium fontinale, P. roseum, P. pusillum, 

 Bythinia Lcachii, Zonites glaber, Z. nitidus, L. lavis, B. per- 

 versa, &c Wanted Pisidium nitidum, CI. Rolphii, Vertigos, 

 and many others. — F. Fenn, 20 Woodstock Road, Bedford 

 Park, Chiswick, W. 



Wanted, Newman's " Entomologist," Nos. 102, 190, 193, 

 194, 196, 197, 220, 221, 222, 223, and "Entomologists' Monthly 

 Magazine," Nos. from 49 to 55, inclusive of vol. v., also 

 " Aichaeologia Cantiana," vol. i.— F. F., 1 Park Place, Eltham, 

 Kent. 



Science-Go=sii- for 1879, and 1880, in numbers, for British 

 birds'-eggs side-blown, one hole butterflies or moths or pupae. — 

 F. J. Rasell, 9 Raglan Street, Peas Hill Road, Nottingham. 



Double bent nosepiece, stand condenser, microtome with 

 razor and hone, for vol. i. of Bornet's "Notes Algologiques." 



X, H. Baffham, Connaught Road, Walthamstow. 



British marine shells, wanted in exchange for Turritella 

 terebra and its variety gracilis (both very fine), Venus gallina 

 and the variety alba, Scalaria Turtonis, and many others. 

 Send for list.— G. O. Howell, 3 Ripon Villas, Ripon Road, 

 Plumstead, S.E. 



Micro-slides for exchange. Skin of dog-fish (polariscope). 

 Hairs of mole for two good mounts.— J. B. Bessell, Sidney 

 Villa, Fremantle Square, Brtstol. 



S. bembeciformis, H. velleda, B. quercus, N. fiilva, C. gra- 

 minis, If. Haworthii, X. silago, P. chi, M. typica and many 

 others', for other Lepidoptera.— E. Eggleton, 12 Tillie Street, 

 Glasgow. 



"Knowledge" for 1883-4, just bound, in exchange for 

 other books. Mudie's " British Birds " with coloured plates 

 wanted.— H. F. Medley, Palmerson Square, Romsey, Hamp- 

 shire. 



WELL-blown eggs of osprey, yellow-billed cuckoo, golden- 

 winged woodpecker, Virginian quail, Bartram's sandpiper, 

 spotted sandpiper, belted king-fisher, and Leach's petrel, offered 

 for others not in collection. — J. T. T. Reed, Ryhope, co. 

 Durham. 



Volvox globator, mounted so as to show cilia with black 

 ground illumination, in exchange for other good mounts. — H. B. 

 Linthorn, 130 Hampton Road, Clifton, Bristol. 



Offeks requested for two dozen histological specimens well 

 mounted. — H. Price, 14 Munton Road, New Kent Road, 

 London, S.E. 



Send stamped and addressed envelope or box for specimens 

 of Clausilia parvula from Rouen. — S. C. Cockerell, 51 Wood- 

 stock Read, Bedford Park, Chiswick, W. 



Wanted, Silurian and Devonian Fossils, in exchange for 

 Ferns, Calamites, &c, from Lancashire coal measures.— C. F. 

 Cross, Werneth Hall Road, Oldham. 



Wanted, to exchange 18th and 19th century copper tokens. 

 —J. Macmillan, 53 Gough Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 



An injecting s>ringe, nickel-plated, in case with stop-cock 

 and two canulas, never been used, in exchange for micro-slides, 



books, apparatus, &c. Also a self-centering turn-table (Dr. 

 Mathews) for exchange. — H. J. Parry, 10 Windsor Terrace. 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Duplicate microscopic-slides of various sorts, and Lepidop- 

 tera to exchange for other slides — algae, and fossil woods or 

 other rocks. — A. Well-, Dalmain Road, Forest Hill. 



Wanted, good Eocene fossils for American or foreign shells. 

 — Geo. E. East, jun., 10 Basinghall Street, London, E.C. 



A few fossils from the Drift for exchange for other good 

 fossils. — A. T. Evans, 171 Cooksey Road, Small Heath. 



What offers for " Knowledge," Nos. 30 to 199 (5 volumes 

 and a part, clean, unbound)? — W. Crompton, 89 Market Street, 

 Chorley, Lane. 



Will exchange fine healthy cocoons of Pernyi for Cecropia, 

 Polyphemus, Luna, Promethea, Yama-Mai. — William.Thomson, 

 62 Croft Street, Galashiels. 



Wanted any of the following Carices: 1415, 1416, 14T7, 1418, 



I 43S. i43 6 > '43 8 . '44°. !44i. I 446, i447> I 45 6 i I 45 8 - Can 

 exchange South of England plants. — Robert Paulson, 10 Ferron 

 Road, Clapton, E. 



Electrical Machine cylinder 8 X 5I inches, brass con- 

 ductor 8 inches, on good mahogany stand ; wili take good 

 natural history ; also several unused zincs and carbons for 

 batteries, and other electrical apparatus. — F. Betts, 63 The 

 Chase, Clapham Common. 



Wanted Larvae or Pupae of .S". Cecropia, T. polypliemus, 

 promet/isa, A. Luna, S. pavonia-major, &c. Offered British 

 Lepidoptera or choice flower seeds. — R. Laddiman, Hellesdon 

 road, Norwich. 



Wanted European or Foreign beetles for South African 

 beetles. Lists exchanged.— R. Lightfoot, St. Paul's, Capetown. 

 Wanted sets with data, with or without nests, of the following 

 British laid eggs. Eagle, osprey, hobby, kite, buzzard, Hamer, 

 short-eared owl, red flycatcher, stonechat, marsh and Dartford 

 warblers, owl bunting, hawfinch, chough, ptarmigan, dotterel, 

 ducks, divers, grebes, terns, petrels. — Wm. Mark Pybus, 

 38 Bewick Road, Gateshead-on-Tyne. 



Wanted nests with clutches of eggs of following species: 

 spotted flycatcher, pied flycatcher, nightingale, stonechat, 

 marsh warbler, Dartford warbler, wood warbler, creeper, rock 

 pipit, wood lark, cirl bunting, brambling, hawfinch, goldfinch. 

 A good exchange given for above. — W. K. Mann, Wellington 

 Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Will exchange a collection of 180 eggs, including mute 

 swan, puffins, cormorants, guillemots, mallard, curlews, snipe, 

 hooded crow, kestrel, sparrowhawk, cuckoos, ptarmigans, 

 spoonbills, bee eaters, woodchats, swifts, and many others, for 

 a good banjo. — W. Denison, Courier Office, Halifax, Yorks. 



Lond: Cat: 7th ed. wanted : 90, 153, 347, 580, 665, 780, 784, 

 792. 793. 820, 828, 845, 934, 1029, 1299, 1415, 1451, 1545, 1552, 

 1610, 1622, 1659, 1669, 1674 ; for 2, 49, 81, 183, 270, 360, 415, 

 416, 446, 451, 587, 626, 628, 841, 842, 946, 1034, 1125. 1128, 1209, 

 1287, 1376,1433. Agrostis nigra ; Malva borcalis ; Potentilla 

 norvegica ; Sparganium neglectuvi ; Cliara longibractcata ; 

 Cucubulus bacciferus ; Xanthinna sirumarium.—P. F. Lee, 

 West Park Villas, Dewsbury. 



Living specimens of the rare hydroid Cordylof>horalacustris, 

 loaded with infusoria, and rotifers, sent in exchange for samples 

 of mud and water from ponds, or slow-flowing rivers ; not less 

 than four-ounce bottles.— Medicus, 363 Old Kent Road, S.E. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Elementary Star Atlas," Rev. T. H. Espin, F.R.A.S. 

 (London Sonnenschein & Co.)— " Grape Rot,"— "Journal of 

 the New York Microscopical Society,"—" Journal of the Royal 

 Microscopical Society,"— " The American Naturalist."—" Ben 

 Brierley's Journal."—" Science."—" Procedings of the Bristol 

 Naturalists' Society." — " The American Monthly Microscopical 

 Journal." — " The Botanical Gazette." — " The American 

 Naturalist." — " Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." — " Fifteenth 

 Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario." — 

 "The Midland Naturalist."— " The Naturalist."— " Gossip." 

 — " Penzance Nat. Hist, and Antiquarian Soc. Reports and 

 Transactions, 1884-5." — " Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia." 



Communications received up to iith ult. from :— 

 E. de C.-J. C.-J. T. R.-P. H. M.-T. B.-W. T— 

 W. K. M.-W. C. A.-D. M. C.-J. B.-R. M.— D. S.— 

 C B M — B. P.-C. E. M.-C. C— M. S.— T. D. A. C— 

 W. M.-W. C.-A. J.-J. H.-R. H. N. B.-A. B.— F. F.- 

 A T. E.-G. E. E.-B. W.— C. P.-W. B. G.— H. J. P.— 

 r F C — F F.— W. G.— W. E. D.— F. J. R.— A. C— T. H. B. 

 —I M.— T. G.— G. O. H.— G. R-— J- B. B.-R. L.— R. S.— 

 E E —A W. F.— F. G. F.— A. W. G.— H. F. M.-L. de V. 

 -B. H. B.-H. L. D.-A. P. W.-H. P.-S. C. C.-J. T. T. R. 

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

 R . P _\v. M. P.— P. F. L.— J. M.— W. K. M.— B.— F. B. B. 

 — W.— B. L.— &c. &c. 



