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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Scorpio Cervasii, Gonyleptes, Scolopendra, and various 

 large insects from Chili ^in spirit) offered fur good microscopic 

 or lantern slides. Send li=t to H. E. Freeman, i Templeton 

 Road, Finsbury Park, N. 



Single and double stained botanical preparations. Selected 

 and arranged Diatomacese, &c, for good unmounted material. 

 Large Echinus and Cidarus spines wanted. — \V. White, 

 7 Warden Place, Nottingham. 



"Davis' on Mounting," &c, for two or three mounted slides, 

 hydra budding or parasites wanted. — Henry Beech, Lincoln 

 Road, Peterborough. 



A good field-glass German silver mounts, length when out, 

 28 in. dia. of O.G. 16 lines for micro apparatus. Books or 

 material polariscope wanted. — Henry Beech, Lincoln Road, 

 Peterborough. 



Wanted, good foreign or English coleoptera or parts of 

 ditto suitable for microscopic objects, sponge spicules, Poly- 

 cistinse or vegetable hairs in exchange for well-mounted 

 objects. Quantities prepared. — M. J., 51 Great Prescot Street, 

 London, E. 



Wanted, well-set specimens of Pieris Brassies;, P. Rapce, 

 P. Napi, Lasiomviaia Egeria, L. Megcera, Hipparchia, 

 Tithonus, Ccenonympha Pamphilus, Polyommatus Argiolus, 

 P. Alexis, P. sEgon and Pamfihila sylvanus. In exchange 

 for stamps, other insects, &c. — G. H. S., 143 Stepney Green, 

 London, E. 



Wanted, a few full-grown living Helix fusca. Land shells 

 offered in exchange. — C. Ashford, Christchurch. 



Wanted, to exchange Soo well-assorted foreign stamps for 

 cases for butterflies, &c. What other offers?— A. P. S., 143 

 Stepney Green, London, E. 



W T ELL-mounted slide of scale of Dee Salmon, splendid polar 

 object, for other good slide ; desideratum Polycystina. — John 

 R. Marten, Cottage Hospital, Red Hill. 



Will exchange a well-mounted specimen of Polyxenus 

 Lagura for six well-set specimens of any of the following 

 butterflies, Pieris Brassiere, Euchloe Cardamines (female), 

 Lasiommata Egeria, L. Mcgeera, Hipparchia Hyperanthus or 

 Tkecla Quercus. — ¥. A. Skuse, 143 Stepney Green, London, E. 

 Wanted, model of great auk's egg in exchange for other 

 birds' eggs, both English and foreign. Would like to exchange 

 lists of duplicates with any collectors, especially of foreign eggs. 

 — George A. Widdas, Woodsley View, Leeds. 



Wanted, side-blown eggs of peregrine, hobby, stonechat, 

 goldcrest, woodlark, goldfinch, twite, woodpeckers, sandpipers, 

 herons, ducks, and many others ; rare eggs offered in exchange. 

 Please send lists to — W. Wells Bladen, Stone, Staffordshire. 



Very fine specimens of the great wartz and smooth newts in 

 exchange for other live stock. — Edmund Tye, High Street, 

 Stony Stratford. 



Wanted, fossil ferns and leaves from coal measures ; will 

 give flint scrapers from Suffolk in exchange. — A. G. Wright, 

 Newmarket, Suffolk. 



Penning's " Field Geology," 2nd edit., revised and enlarged, 

 new. Wanted, Miller's " Footprints of the Creator," latest 

 edit., or Figuier's " World before the Deluge," must be in good 

 condition. — A. G. Wright, Newmarket, Suffolk. 



Eggs wanted, in sets of kittywakes, puffin, golden plover, 

 red-breasted merganser, dunlin, white wagtail, &c.,in exchange 

 for cettis warbler, ostrich, osprey, belted kingfisher, &c. Send 

 lists to — T. C. Burrows, Hope House, Hanover Square, Leeds. 

 Emu's egg, fine specimen, from Sydney, for good specimen of 

 ostrich or rare British egg ; also a few rare British eggs for 

 others equally good. — R. Standen, Goosnargh, Preston, Lanes. 

 Wanted, Cox's " Manual of the British Coleoptera-" (second- 

 hand). — E. P. Dyball, 54 London Street, Norwich. 



Duplicates : Edusa, Sibylla, Paphia, Aglaia, Adippe, 

 Euphrosyne. — Desiderata : Blandina, Cassiope,|Davus,'Athalia, 

 Artemis, Betuls, Pruni, Argiolus, Acts, Arion, Adonis, Arta- 

 xerxes, Action, Comma. — A. E. Gibbs. 



Tracings and carefully-executed copies of rare drawings 

 and plates of natural history objects in exchange for mosses or 

 other micro objects. Correspondence invited by — H. R., 

 47 Maryland Road, Walworth, London, S.E. 



Bohn's translations of Homer and Herodotus, also Gill's 

 " Myths and Songs .of the South Pacific Ocean," offered in 

 exchange for Rev. L. Jenyns' " Observations in Natural His- 

 tory," or any of Gosse's works. — H. R., 47 Marsland Road, 

 Walworth, London, S.E. 



A collection of British moths for exchange ; micro slides or 

 offers. For particulars apply — "The Beeches," Circus Road, 

 St. John's Wood, London, N.W. 



Wanted, herbarium or microscopic specimens of British 

 mosses and lichens, in exchange for foreign animal and bird 

 skins, insects, &c— George E. Mason, 6 Park Lane, Piccadilly, 

 London. 



Have some Helix ha'inostoma, and Science-Gossip for 1880 

 and 1881, unbound, to exchange for foreign shells.— Rev. H. W. 

 Lett, Lurgan, Ireland. 



Duplicates of Arg. galathea and micro slides, for insects or 

 plants not in collection. — G. H. Bryan, Thornlea, Trumpington 

 Road, Cambridge. 



British birds' eggs to exchange for others, or geological 

 pecimens.— James P. Page, Kingsbury Street, Marlborough, 

 Wilts. 



Exotic Lepidoptera. — Duplicates: Orn, minos, $ and 9: 

 Papilio Hector; Diphilus ; Polydorus (fair) ; Demoleus ; Aga- 

 memnon, Nereus ; Eurimedes, var. Mylotes, Bates : Helenus r 

 Hel. glaucippe : Datiais Erippus ; Alcippus ; Montrouzieri 

 (fair); Minetra Ga>nbrisius ; A?nanris Damocles; Dia. An- 

 thedon (fine) ; Dinarchae, Hew. (fine) ; Eurycus Cressida (fair) ; 

 Harma Tlieobene, if and Q. ; Canis, c? and 9 ; Urani.i 

 rhipheus (fine) ; M orpho Siilkowskyi ; Cypris (fine) ; also many 

 others. — Desiderata (Exotic Lepidoptera only): Orn. Arru- 

 aniis, $; Pap. Ascaniits, $; yEbalus ; Mezentius ; Chori- 

 damus ; Dionippus ; Leucaspis ; Buddha; Palinurus ; Peri- 

 anthus ; Blumer (Bois) ; Crino ; Dadalus ; Montrouzieii : 

 IUorpho Godartia ; Aurora ; Rhetenor ; Anaxibia ; Menelaus ; 

 Telemachus ; Adonis ; Nestira : Didius ; Metellus ; Peleides ; 

 also many others. Correspondents please write in English : 

 numerous letters, &c. (some registered), remain unanswered 

 through being in foreign languages. — J. C. Hudson, Railway 

 Terrace, Cross Lane, Manchester. 



Wanted, micro-books, appliances and slides in exchange for 

 histological-pathological diatoms and other slides of general 

 interest. — F. L. Carter, 20 Trafalgar Street, Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



Wanted, correspondents abroad to exchange micro-material. 

 — F. L. Carter, 20 Trafalgar Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Geological cabinet wanted. Offered, books or cash. Send 

 measurement. — E. W., 21 West Bar Street, Banbury. 



I will give Science-Gossip for 1880, i83r, 1882 (cost 12s) 

 for Staunton's "Manual" (2 vols.) or Cox's "Manual of 

 British Beetles," or any good book on lepidoptera or coleoptera. 

 —William P. Ellis, Park Side Farm, Enfield Chase, Middle- 

 sex, N. 



Other British land or freshwater shells offered for specimens 

 of Helix pisana, Mull. — Jessie Hela Fairlight, Elmgrove 

 Road, Cathern, Bristol. 



Wanted, a good specimen of a bronze celt from the Fens or 

 elsewhere. Also Palaeolithic, Neolithic or bronze remains of 

 other sorts. Good fossils will be given in exchange. — Ernest L. 

 Jones, 84 Norwich Street, Cambridge. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



" Diseases of Memory." By Th. Ribot. London : Kegan 

 Paul & Co. 



" The Life and Work of Charles Darwin." By Professor 

 Miall. Leeds: R.Jackson. 



" The Study of Meteorology." By Robert H. Scott. London : 

 Kegan Paul & Co. 



" Ants and their Ways," By the Rev. W. F. White. London: 

 The Religious Tract Society. 



" Micro-Photography." By A. C. Malley, B. A. London : 

 H. K. Lewis. 



" Studies in Microscopical Science," edited by A. C. Cole. 



"Annual Report, Dulwich College Science Society." 



" Report of South London Entomological Society." 



"Journal of Conchology." 



" Land and Water." 



" Northern Microscopist." 



"Midland Naturalist." 



" Practical Naturalist." 



"The Field Naturalist." 



"The Young Naturalist." 



" Natural History Notes." 



"The Naturalists' Monthly." 



" American Naturalist." 



"Canadian Naturalist." 



" American Monthly Microscopical Journal." 



" Boston Journal of Chemistry." 



" Good Health." 



" The Botanical Gazette." 



"La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." 



" Le Monde de la Science." 



"Ciel et Terre." 



" Cosmos : les Mondes." 



" Revue de Botanique." 



" Bulletin de la Socie'te Beige de Microscopie." 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to 12TH ult. prom : — 

 C F. W. T. W.— Dr. P. Q. K.— W. B. G.— J. E. A.— F. L. B. 

 — D. M. S.— M. J.— G. H. S. R.— G. D.— H. B.— J. D. A. C. 

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

 — G. A. K.— C. A.— A. P. S.— E. H. S.— E. T. S.— T. J. W.— 

 J. R. M.— J. E.-J. F. R.— H. E. F.— T. S.— J. A. F.— 

 A. H. B.— W. T.— E. S.— W. H. T.— A. O.— J. L.— L. M. B. 

 — T. T.— S. A. B.-Dr. W. T. G.— S. C. C— T. A. D.— E. W. 

 — W. W.-A. J. A.— A. de S. G.— F. A. S.— H. H.— H. H. D. 

 -J. B. M— G. E. M.— H. J. R.— G. A. W.— W. L. B.— 

 W. B.— A. G. W.-C. H. W.— A. R. G.— A. P.— H. W. L.— 

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

 —A. J. B.— J. C. H.— L. H. S.— W. A. P.— E. S.— W. W. B. 

 —A. L.— C. J— G. B.— E. C— F. L. C— E. A. W.— W. P. E. 

 — E. L. J.— D. B.— J. H.— H. F.— A. W. 0.— H. M.— 

 J. P. P., &c 



