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Exotic butterflies, many fine and rare species in duplicate, 

 including Moipho alga (true and very rare), Urania fulgens 

 (fine), &c. ; also some splendid wings for microscopic mounting. 

 — Hudson, Railway Terrace, Cross Lane, Manchester. 



Wanted, numbers of Science-Gossip for Feb. and March of 

 1871 (74 and 75), also for Jan., Nov., and Dec. 1872 (85, 95, 

 and 96). Will give in exchange two good microscopic slides 

 for each number (clean) to complete my set. — J. J. Andrew, 

 2 Belgravia, Belfast. 



Engravings of the British varieties of Anodonta cygnea, ten 

 in number, for specimens of varieties, or peculiar or large forms 

 of Anodonta cygnea, A. anatina, or any of the Unios, British 

 or continental. — George Roberts, Lofthouse, Wakefield. 



Wanted, type or vars. of Bithinia tentaculata or Anodonta 

 cygnea. Offered, Planorhis complanatus var. submarginatus 

 or varieties of Helices. — Geo. Roberts, Lofthouse, Wakefield. 



Wanted, Gray's "Turton's Manual " for Harting's " Rambles 

 in Search of Land Shells," coloured plates. — Geo. Roberts, 

 Lofthouse, Wakefield. 



Wanted, SJ>h. ovale, P. amniciim, D. polymorpha. P. 

 •vivipara, PI. nitidns, PI. parvus, Ph. hypnorum, L. glutinosa, 

 Z. alliariiis, nitidns, excavatus, H. lamellata, aculeata, 

 revelata.fusca. rupestris, B. montanus, P. secale, P. ringens, 

 C. rolpliii, C. dubia, Achatina aciatla, and Acme lineata. Ex- 

 change given. — H. Wallis Kew, Louth, Lincolnshire. 



Special offer. Steel egg drill, brass blowpipe, and egg label 

 list, post-free. Wanted collections : old postage stamps, 

 coins, medals and curiosities. Exchange " Natural History," 

 specimens. — W. K. Mann, Wellington Terrace, Clifton, 

 Bristol. 



What offers for vols. 16, 17 and 18 of "The Entomologist," 

 unbound, in very good condition ? Also for vols. 3 and 4 of 

 "Boy's Own Paper," bound in cloth? — W. H. Langford, 187 

 Woodborough Road, Nottingham. 



For exchange, Salix phylici/olia var. tenuior in exchange 

 for any other willow or sallow, except 1172, 1170, 1174, H7S> 

 1177, 1183, 1S85, L. C. 7th catalogue. — E. Candler, The Priory, 

 Repton, Burton-on-Trent. 



Wanted, good pathological material, liberal exchange in 

 slides given. Send lists first to Fred Le Carte, 25 Lansdowne 

 Terrace, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Wanted, several dozen of black spotted cones, large common 

 sorts to cut up. Also shells from the Philippine Islands, Aus- 

 tralia, and New Zealand, in exchange for fossils, British or 

 foreign shells, minerals, polished Devon corals and sponges, 

 micro-sections of corals, &c. — A. J. R. Sclater, M.C.S., 23 

 Bank Street, Teignmouth, Devon. 



Wanted, any kinds of foreign large shells in exchange for 

 fine rock specimens from the trias, such as quartzites, royalites 

 and Murchisonites, with fine specimens of Pyroxene Andesite 

 from South America, fine for cutting sections from. — A. J. R. 

 Sclater, M.C.S., 23 Bank Street, Teignmouth, Devon. 



Good foreign stamps offered in exchange for shells, fossils, 

 birds' eggs or micro slides. — T. W. Reader, 171 Hemingford 

 Road, London, N. 



Wanted, ova offish, molluscs &c, also parasites of animals, 

 &c. Good exchange given. — H. W. P., 103 Camden Street, 

 London, N.W. 



For exchange, "Quarterly Journal Geological Society," 

 1875-78. "Nature," nos. 362-96 and 777-84, and "Know- 

 ledge" (new series) for 1885. Wanted, Flower's "Osteology of 

 Mammalia;" other scientific works or offers. — H. E. Quilter, 

 4 Cedar Road, Leicester. 



Will exchange photo-micrographs — either prints or trans- 

 parencies — of botanical subjects, Diatomaceae, Polycistines, 

 Foraminifera, &c, for good micro-slides. Wanted, Beale's and 

 Carpenter's books. — Stewart, 2 Gilmore Terrace, Edinburgh. 



For exchange, " Quekett Club Journal," vols. IV., V., VI. 

 Wanted, Bell's edition of White's " Selborne," or offers. — E. 

 Smith, Hale End, Chingford. 



Wanted, to buy or borrow, Crouan's " Florule du Finistere," 

 and any French books on marine algology. For a loan a liberal 

 equivalent in rare slides of marine algae with reproductive 

 organs (Antheridia, &c). — T. H. Buffham, Comely Bank 

 Road, Walthamstow. 



Humboldt's "Cosmos," vol. 1: "Arctic Regions " (with 

 map) by P. S. Simonds ; " Notes on Collecting and Preserving 

 Natural History Objects," edited by Dr. J. E. Taylor ; and 

 " Scientific Recreations " (bound in half-calf), offered in ex- 

 change for other books on microscopy, or for any knives or 

 instruments for dissecting. — L. Francis, 16 Wansey Street, 

 Walworth Road, London, S.E. 



Wanted, collections of old postage stamps, coins and medals. 

 Offered in exchange, natural history specimens. — W. K. Mann, 

 Wellington Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Wanted, clutches of various birds' eggs. Will collectors 

 kindly send lists of what species they are likely to obtain this 

 scson? — W. K. Mann, Wellington Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Will give Daubenton's bat, stuffed, in good condition, with 

 data, for greater horse-shoe bat, in flesh or stuffed. — J. Kelsall, 

 28 Commercial Street, E. 



Set of lantern slides on bee-keeping, many of them micro- 

 photographs (list sent), in exchange for first-class professional 

 objects, 4-inch objective, or polariscope. — A. Watkins, Broomy 

 Hill, Hereford. 



Wanted, a Rutherford's freezing microtome. — L. Francis, 

 16 Wansey Street, Walworth Road, London, S.E. 



Wanted, books by Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, or 

 John Lubback. — L. Francis, 16 Wansey Street, Walworth 

 Road, London, S.E. 



Wanted, botanical slides for microscope. Exchange, He- 

 brew Bible, 1613, with ' Interlinear Latin Translation," 8vo. 

 1300pp. Original binding. Also BuxtorPs "Manual of Hebrew 

 and Chaldee."— J- Wallis, Deal. 



Offered, Professor Mivart's " Lessons in Elementary Ana- 

 tomy" ; Page's "Introductory Geology"; Taylor's "Notes 

 on Collecting Natural History Objects." Wanted, British bird 

 skins, chiefly Sylviadas. — J. H. K., 18 Church Street, Com- 

 mercial Street, E. 



" Fortnightly Review," ported month after date. Wanted, 

 offers of natural history periodicals in exchange. — J. H. K., 



18 Church Street, Commercial Street, E. 



Micro books wanted. Good slides given in exchange. — W. 

 Sim, Gourdas, Fyvie, N.B. 



Offered, unmounted micro-objects, for good slides or other 

 unmounted material. — W. Sim, Gourdas, Fyvie, N.B. 



Wanted, Cassell's " Science for All," vols. 1-5. State re- 

 quirements in books or otherwise. Unaccepted offers not 

 answered. — M. C. L., 37 Portman Square, London, W. 



Side-blown clutches of lesser redpole, whinchat and grass- 

 hopper warbler, and British lep : doptera, for other eggs. — Thos 

 H. Hedworth, Dunston-on-Tyne. 



Wanted, H. solida, H. ventricosa, H. minor, T. longispina, 

 T. jujubinzts, M. tetwispina, P. crispa, N. peloronta. Ex- 

 change glass case 22 inch by io£ inch, depth 2 inches. — W. 

 Jones, jun., 27 Mayton Street, Holloway, London, N. 



Opera glass, good and new. What offers? — John J. Holstead, 



19 Millholme Terrace, Carlisle. 



What offers for Quekett's treatise on the Microscope ; 

 Hogg's Microscope, 4th edition ; Carpenter's Microscope, 5th 

 edition ? — A. Draper, 275 Broadfield Terrace, Sheffield. 



The leaf of carnivorous plant Drosera stained or mounted dry 

 with victims in situ for exchange for other slides. — U. Stott, 

 Lostock, Bolton. 



Micro-slides. For disposal, twelve dozen miscellaneous 

 mounts, in polished pine cabinet, comprising anatomical, histo- 

 logical, diatoms, forams, insects, polariscopic, botanical, opaque, 

 &c. &c., all in perfect condition, and many of them professional 

 mounts. Offers requested.— W. Mathie, 42 McKinlay Street, 

 Glasgow. 



Wanted, fossils or British shells. Offered, Cassell's " Tech- 

 nical Educator"; Kane's "Arctic Explorations"; Hallam's 

 "Constitutional History of England," " Italian Pictures Drawn 

 with Pen and Pencil " ; Wood's " Popular Natural History," 

 and many others. — Robert Cairns, The Grove, Currier Lane, 

 Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Microscopic slides. Spiculse, histology, crystals, insecta, 

 botany, for exchange for foraminifera slides, &c, or for micro- 

 scope lamp or accessories. — S. Harrison, Dalmain Road, Forest 

 Hill. 



A. Steward's complete 5/. sj. od. student microscope, never 

 been used. What offers? Lee, 6 Stackey Street, Hey wood, 

 Lancashire. 



L. C. 8th edition. Wanted the following : — 74, 1136, 1188, 

 1250, 1398. Will give in exchange : 258, 588, 620, 1808, 1831. — 

 W. W. Reeves, 32 Geneva Road, Brixton, S.W. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 

 "Proceedings of the Lit. and Phil. Soc. of Liverpool." — 

 " First Report on Fauna of Liverpool Bay," vols. 39 and 40. — 

 "Trans. Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club." — "Report of 

 Botanical Exchange Club for 18S6."— " Bulletin of the U. S. 

 Geol. Survey," nos. 30-33. — Cole's "Studies in Microscopical 

 Science." — "Science and Art." — "Illustrations." — "Book 

 Chat." — "The Century Magazine." — Scribner's "Monthly." — 

 "The Amateur Photographer." — "The Garner." — "The 

 Naturalist." — "The Botanic2l Gazette." — "Journal of the 

 New York Microscopical Society." — "Belgravia." — "The 

 Gentleman's Magazine." — "American Monthly Microscopical 

 Journal." — "The Essex Naturalist." — "Economical Natur- 

 alist." — "The Midland Naturalist." — " Feuille des Jeunes 

 Naturalistes." — "The American Naturalist." — "Journal of 

 Microscopy and Nat. Sci." 



Communications received up to the 12TH ult. from : 

 W. S. IA— H. J. B— C. N. B.— D. B.— G. R.— C. D — 

 L. P. H. L.— S. M.— C D— E. S. P.— H. W. K.— T. K. M. 

 — R. T. A.— S.— H. W. C— B. E.— G. R.— R. W. C— 

 A. P. W.— F. W. R.— E.-E. G. W.-R. A. P.— W. S.— 

 F. L. C— E. C— T. M. R— W. H. L.-W. E. H.— C. R-— 

 W. J.— H. W. P.— A. T. R. S.— J. M.— A. D.— H.— L. P. L. 

 — T. W. R.-W. A. G.— J. W. W.— I. I. A.— H. E. Q.— 

 R. D. P.— W. K.— P. H. M.— B. B. L. T.-A. G. A.— W. S.— 

 E. S— A. W.— M. C. L.— T. H. H.— H. D.— A. D.— J. J. H. 

 — W. J., jun.— S.— T. H. B.— L. F.— L. F.— W. M. W.— J. W. 

 -J. K.— I. H. K.— A. H.— J. C— G. F.-U. S.— C. C. L.— 

 j. l.— W. N.— R. C— W. W. R.— W. M.— S. H.— R. G.— 

 W. J.— J. M.— &c &c. 



