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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Meta. — You will find figured and described in Newman's 

 " British Moths," both the convolvulus hawk moth and the 

 privet. We have no doubt your caterpillar is that of the death's 

 head moth. 



A. Gardiner. — The insect pests appear to be the larva of 

 Tlirips ochraceiis. 



A. R. Graham. — Your specimen is a little millepede called 

 Geopliilus elect ricus, which may often be seen during October 

 on moist hedgebanks giving out a phosphorescent light as it 

 crawls about. 



EXCHANGES. 



Collection of 60 coins ; what offers in mounted micro-slides? 

 Also willing to exchange lists of mounted and unmounted micro 

 objects. — Nathan C. Haring, 112 Upper Brook Street, Man- 

 chester. 



Arctic peat-bog found at Oldham, for slides, mosses or 

 hepaticae, &c. — L. Tetlow, 19 Radclyffe Street, Oldham. 



Mounted vegetable hairs and unmounted fungi and pollens 

 for good unmounted diatom deposits, especially Peterhead, 

 Mourne Mt., and Llyn Arenig Bach. — C. H. S., Fairoak, 

 Palatine Road, Didsbury, Manchester. 



For well-mounted palate of Acm&a. testudinalis send other 

 well-mounted slide to John G. Patterson, 2 Dalrymple Crescent, 

 Edinburgh. 



Wanted, Sachs's "Botany," Pratt's "Wild Flowers," 

 Bentham's " Handbook of British Flora," Grindon's "British 

 and Garden Botany," Mastery's "Teratology," for cash. — R. T. 

 Porter, Beckenham. 



A quantity of chemical apparatus, new, in exchange for 

 good slides or slide cabinet. — W. H. Rean, Kingswood Park, 

 Gunnislake, Tavistock. 



British shells. Duplicates for exchange, for lists of same 

 and of desiderata apply to J. W. Cundall Carrville, Alexandra 

 Park, Redland, Bristol. 



Pure gathering Rhinosolcnia stylifortnis in exchange for 

 really good slides. — W. H. Shrubsole, F.G.S., Sheerness-on- 

 Sea. 



For specimens of Chclifer s?tbruher (American), unmounted, 

 send object of interest, or material to W. O. Haydon, Oil Mill, 

 Dover. 



A 3 ft. one-draw telescope, 2 in. obj. gl., brass body, partly 

 covered in leather, with sun-shade &c, in capital order, for 

 good C. and F. eye-pieces by Swift or other good maker, or 

 offers. — T. S., 16 King Street, Reading. 



For seeds of Urticci piluh/era (L.), and var. Dodartii for 

 planting in spring, send stamped envelope to Dr. Morton, New 

 Brompton, Kent. 



For starch from Crown Imperial {Fritillaria imperialis), 

 Polar. Send other material. — Dr. Morton, New Brompton, 

 Kent. 



OFFERED,"specimens of the rare carboniferous fish Cosmopty- 

 c/u'its striates, Ag. sp., and plaster casts of good ditto. Wanted 

 good carb. fishes, or palaeozoic crinoids.— T. Stock, 16 Colville 

 Place, Edinburgh. 



We want to exchange our fine fossil flora, palaeozoic fossils, 

 fungi, algae, and other plants and animals, archaeological remains, 

 for foreign natural history, &c. specimens.— J. M. Mousfield, 

 Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, U.S.A. 



Wanted,*4B, 6b c, 15B, 23, 28B, 37, 48B, 50 and b, 78 and 

 abc, 101 and B, 106, 108. Offered 82, 85.530, 1070B, 1071, 

 1 128, 1473, and a large number of others. Lists exchanged. — 

 C. A. O., 76 Trafalgar Road, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 



Will send a mounted section of tooth from saw of saw-fish 

 in exchange for really first-class insect preparations, or injec- 

 tions or other objects not common, to the value of about four 

 shillings as per dealer's lists.— Address J. Horn, Yew Villa, 

 Bacup, Lancashire. 



LakVjE of fox moth. — Desiderata : pupa or imagi of other 

 species of Lepidoptera. — Address S. Smith, Castle Street, 

 Walmer. 



Eggs of cormorant, shag, lesser black -backed gull, shieldrake, 

 herring gull, _&o, for other British lirds' eggs. Send lists. — 

 John F. Cruickshank, 12 Gladstone Place, Aberdeen. 



Brace of pheasants, stuffed, in case, mahogany front, gilt 

 beading; pair of jays, stuffed, ordinary case; sparrow-hawk 

 and lark, stuffed, ordinary case. What offers ? — J. B. Crossley, 

 149 Bradford Road, Huddersfield. 



Rose of Jericho. A few specimens are offered for minera- 

 logical, geological or microscopical exchanges, by James Camp- 

 bell Christie, Hamilton, N.B. 



Wanted, British grasses in exchange for dried specimens 

 of British plants.— A. Sangster, Cattie, Oldmeldrum, N.B. 



Duplicates, British butterflies and moths, many species ; 

 also a few foreign do. in exchange for others, or offers.— A. H. 

 Shepherd, 4 Cathcart Street, Kentish Town, London. 



Science-Gossip (numbers) for 1867 and 1868, in exchange 

 for any two years between 1870 and 1S75 inclusive. — W. T. 

 Cooper, 234 King Street, Hammersmith. 



Duplicates, eggs of coot, blackheaded gull, lesser black- 

 backed gull, landrail, waterrail, rook, jay, jackdaw, magpie, 

 curlew, red-backed shrike and bullfinch. Desiderata very 

 numerous.— C. Candler, Harlestun, Norfolk. 



Wanted, Newman's " British Moths " (last edition, price £1). 

 Can offer many valuable works "Lives of Indian Officers," 

 3 vols, crimson calf, new. Hook's "Dictionary of the Church," 

 good condition. Bruce's "Travels in Palestine," drab calf 

 new, and many others. — C. Candler, Harleston, Norfolk. 



British marine, freshwater and land shells. For exchange, 

 Pandora rostrata, Thracia p/iaseolina, Pileopsis Hungariensis, 

 Scaphander lig?iarius, Artemis cxoleta, &c. &c. Lists ex- 

 changed. — R. Ley, St. Leonard's Lawn, Exeter. 



Seventeen four-shilling parts, " Quarterly Journal of Geo- 

 logical Society," 1874 101878; 21 parts Cassell's "European 

 Butterflies " ; " Field Geology," by Penning ; "Dawn of Life," 

 by Dawson, what offers ? — J. S. Ilsley, 6 Trevethen Terrace, 

 Falmouth. 



Wanted, Gatty's " British Seaweeds," for six hundred 

 species of British plants, either all phanerogams or a third of 

 them cryptogams. All good and recently collected specimens. 

 — X., 14 Sherborne Road, Bradford. 



I have a dozen good microscopic slides, including diatoms, 

 lichens, parasites, and dredgings from the " Challenger " and 

 " Porcupine." — Desiderata : side-blown British eggs, named 

 foreign shells, or books on natural history. — "Science," 105 

 White Ladies Road, Bristol. 



H . arbustorum and a few H. pomatia, in exchange for 

 A. acicula and rarer varieties of Clausilia. — Address Miss 

 Elwell, Holmesdale Villa, Sevenoaks. 



Binocular microscope large size, with polariscope and other 

 apparatus, cost ^18. Exchange large astronomical telescope. 

 S., 364 Kennington Road, S.E. 



Superior mahogany cabinet containing 13 drawers 8"X5", 

 cost 5OJ. Exchange injected or Cole's micro slides. — S., 364 

 Kennington Road, S.E. 



Offered Nos. 25, 55, 135, 183, 234, 293, 497, 590, 683, 737P. 

 809, 852, g8r, 1124, 12C9, 1416, 1470, 1665A & B. Wanted 19, 

 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 176, 194, 255, 280, 286, 347, 348, 349, 360, 

 490, 491, 493, 522, 523. — Address A. E. Lomax, Church Road, 

 Tranmere. 



Duplicates — Dominula, Caja, maculata, hamula, prodro- 

 maria, fasciuncula, Gothica, pinaria, lucipara, myrtilli, plecta, 

 Imitara, derasa, tiliaria, Corydon, Euphrosyne. — Desiderata: 

 imagoes or pupae of butterflies, send list. — Fredk. Frohawk, 

 " Haddon," Upper Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, S.E. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Wrecked Lives, or Men who have Failed," (1st and 2nd 

 series). By W. Davenport Adams. London : S.P.C.K. 



" British Bee-Farming." By J. F. Robinson. London : 

 Chapman & Hall. 



"Outlines of Physiography." By W. Lawson. Edinburgh: 

 Oliver and Boyd. 



" Some Heroes of Travel." By W. Davenport Adams. 

 London : S.P.C.K. 



''A Manual of Rational Bee-Keeping." By C. de Ribeau- 

 court. London : David Bogue. 



"Epicureanism." By W. Wallace, M.A. London : S.P.C.K. 



''Stoicism.'' ByW. W. Capes. London: S.P.C.K. 



" Practical Plane Geometry and Projection," vol. i. text ; 

 vol. ii. plates. London and Glasgow : W. Collins, Sons, & Co. 



" A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students," in two 

 vols. By Professor H. A. Nicholson, D.Sc., &c. Edinburgh 

 and London : W. Blackwood & Sons. 



" Land and Water." October.! 



" Popular Science Review.' October. 



"The Midland Naturalist." October. 



"Ben Brierley's Journal." October. 



"Journal of Applied Science." October. 



" Le Monde de la Science et de 1' Industrie." September. 



" La Science pour Tous." September. 



" Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." October. 



"The American Naturalist." September. 



"Good Health." (New York.) September. 



" The American Entomologist." September. 



" The Valley Naturalist." September. 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to '9TH ult. from :— 



E. R.-E. H. W.— A. C.-B. J. H.— W. D. R.— H. J. J. L.— 

 G. C. C.-M. B. H.— G. H. M.-G. D.-W.— T. S.— H. L. E. 

 —J. A.-S. B.— R. A. B.-C. P.-J. C W.— H. B.— J. M. M. 

 — R. S.-F. A.-W. H. N.— 0. G.-N. C. H.-A. R. G.— 



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

 — W. G W.-L. T.— J. B.-H. M.— T. S.— W. H. K.— W. H. 

 _j. W . C.-J. M.-T. S.-J. F.-A. B. H.-J. G. P.-H. W. 

 -J. B.-S. A. S.-B. M. O.-H. M.-C H. S— A. S.-C. F. Y. 

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

 A. E. L.— W. W.-W. B. R.— H. B. E.-J. C— W. T. C— 

 J. C. T.-H. W. K.— R. L.— G. D. W. C.-C. S.-J. P.— 

 C. P.-D. B.-C. C.-J. S. I.-J. B. C.-A. C.-J. C. G.- 

 J. F. C.-H. M.-R. H.-P. S.-B. J. G.-H. W.-J. H. H.- 

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