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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Longmans) ; and Dr. Carpenter's " Monograph of the Forami- 

 nifera," published by the Ray Society. 



S. Campbell. — Apply to Mr. W. P. Collins, 157 Gt. Portland 

 Street, London, W., for the prices of the books you mention. 

 He will doubtless have some :good secondhand copies at a 

 reasonable price, or can get them for you. 



G. Abbev. — Unquestionably lice are developed from eggs 

 laid by the female insect in the ordinary way, and do not and 

 cannot be developed spontaneously either from dirt or otherwise. 



G. E. East. — You will find a capital summary of the geology 

 of the Hampshire coast in Bright's " Illustrated Guide to 

 Bournemouth, &c," published by F. J. Bright, The Arcade, 

 Bournemouth. 



Northumberland. — You will find a full account of the 

 bookworm in Blades' " Enemies of Books." Some think 

 the worm is the larva of a beetle (Scolytus) identical with that 

 which tunnels in beechwood. There is also the book scorpion 

 Chelifer). an arachnid. 



T. W. W. — We believe the New South Wales Government 

 are setting aside part of the Ilawarra district, just as it is, as a 

 sort of national park, after the method adopted by the United 

 States Government with regard to the Yellowstone region. 



P. F. G. — The objects sent are the membranous egg cases of 

 the dog whelk [Biiccinum undatuni). 



EXCHANGES. 



Wanted, various clutches of British birds' eggs. — W. K. 

 Mann, Wellington Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



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

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

 Wellington Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Vol. ii. in six is. parts of "Illustrated Science Monthly" 

 for Science-Gossip complete for 1886. — Edward Lee, 13 West 

 Hillary Street, Leeds. 



Small microscope, 3 powers, in mahogany case ; will ex- 

 change for Hooker's or Bentham's " Handbook of British 

 Flora," or what offers ? — L. P. Leah, 5 Exchange Street, Mac- 

 clesfield, Cheshire. 



Wanted, a good astronomical telescope, a powerful micro- 

 scope, pocket mountain aneroid barometer, pedometer, lantern 

 microscope, also a good set of meteorological instruments ; a 

 good selection 'of valuable works on natural history offered in 

 exchange. — W. Harcourt Bath, Ladywood, Birmingham. 



Eight packets of good micro material, ready for mounting, 

 in return for one good mounted slide. — A. E., 3 Eton Grove, 

 Blackheath, S.E. 



Offered, complete volumes or odd numbers of Science- 

 Gossip, unbound. Wanted, fossils, shells, and minerals.— 

 F. C. King, Bank Villa, Fulwood, Preston. 



Macgillivray's "Manual of British Birds," Asa Gray's 

 "Lessons in Botany," "Nature," 1874, "Longman's Maga- 

 zine," vols. i. and ii., " Gardening," 1886, " Vegetable World," 

 16s. edition, &c. Wanted, any modern book on botany or 

 natural history, "Pooular Science Review," Darwin's and 

 Wallace's works. — T. Illingworth, 4 Alliance Street, Harpurhey, 

 Manchester. 



Limnaaperegra, monst. sinislrorsum, offered for L. involuta, 

 Vert, iflpestris, Acme lincata, or other local species. — S. C. 

 Cockerell, 5 Priory Road, Bedford Park, Chiswick, W. 



What offers for Mantell's "Wonders of Geology" and 

 "Geology of the Isle of Wight," for Buckland's "Geology 

 and Mineralogy," and also " Plant 'remains from Coal Mea- 

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



Exchange, Echinodermata: 5". pitrpureus, Astronyx loveni, 

 Cribella oculata. Crustacea : Hyas carncus, H . coarctatus, 

 Stenorhynchus phalangiuvi, S. tenuirostris, Pagurus Pri- 

 deauxii, P. Tliompsoni, Lithodcs maia (small and large speci- 

 mens), Portunus, Holsatus, Nephrops Norvegicus. Wanted, 

 specimens not in collection. — J. R. Murray, 10 St. Paul's 

 Street, Aberdeen, N.B. 



Desiderata, Neuroptera, also wanted a large number of 

 larvae of A. caja; will endeavour to make a good return. — 

 W. Harcourt Bath, Ladywood, Birmingham. 



Ornamental wire aviary cage, 3' 2" X 1' 6" X 3' 2" high, on 

 stand, present value 30J., another, smaller value, 25.J. Exchange 

 wanted in micro slide cabinet, entomological cases, entomo- 

 logical specimens, Darwin's works, or offers. — Micro, c/o 

 William Turner, Adelphi Street, Salford. 



Wanted, specimens of Clausilia, Bulimus, and Vertigo ; 

 good exchange given in land and freshwater mollusca. — C. H. 

 Pierson, 16 Brunswick Place, Leeds. 



Foraminiferous sand from St. Brelade's Bay, Jersey, in 

 exchange for similar material from other English localities, less 

 quantities than one ounce not accepted. — E. Halkyard, Knuts- 

 ford, Cheshire. 



With view of exchanging ' British land, freshwater, and 

 marine shells, send list of duplicates and desiderata to — H. 

 Pollard, 19 Britannia Terrace, New Wortley, Leeds, Yorks. 



Wanted, English and foreign books on marine algology. 

 Offered, rare slides of marine alga?, showing reproductive 

 organs (Antheridia, Cystocarps, etc.) ; or Gosse's " Year at 

 the Shore," Brown's " Manual of Botany," Dowden's " Shak- 

 speare," and other good books.— T. H. Buffham, Comely Bank 

 Road, Walthamstow. 



A few good specimens of Clausilia biplkata, CI. Rolphii, 

 and so called Hyalina glabra, &c, for exchange. Wanted, 

 living specimens of Hyalina Drapamaldi, Hyal. alliaria, 

 Testacella Maugei, also other shells. — Wilfred Mark Webb, 

 31 Aynhoe Road, Brook Green, W. 



Foraminifera: selected foraminifera, mounted, opaque, and 

 transparent, for exchange. — W. Stott, Lostock, Bolton. 



Wanted, perfect insects (during the season) in exchange for 

 mounted objects or electric apparatus ; name and locality where 

 possible. _ Tubes or bottles containing them will be returned, 

 and carriage paid both ways. — W. White, 17 York Street, 

 Nottingham. 



For exchange, a botanist's portfolio of 158 mounted specimens 

 of English and foreign gras-es, plants, flowers, etc. ; with 

 English and Latin names, sub-tribes, tribes, families, and orders 

 plainly written. Upwards of 30 different grasses are included, 

 and amongst them a specimen of Ltrsium temulentum (Darnel), 

 supposed to be ;the tare of Matt. xii. ; also various heaths. 

 Besides these, a smaller one of about 50 specimens, well pre- 

 served. — Bertha Truscott, 4 Alma Crescent, Falmauth, 



Anodonta cygnea, Planorbis complanatus, P. corneus, Fhysa 

 hypnorum, Limna-a stagnalis, L. palustris, etc. Desiderata: 

 Paludina vivipara and contccta, or varieties of same. — W. E. 

 Colbnge, Springfield Place, Leeds. 



A few slides of the Damaru, New Zealand, Deposit, for 

 exchange, each containing some of the noted forms ; also other 

 Diatoms. Good diatoms preferred. Send lists to — Rev. A. C. 

 Smith, 3 Park Crescent, Brighton. 



British marine shells wanted in exchange for others. — J. T. 

 Lightwood, Hope House, Lytham. 



For exchange; 3 store-boxes, corked both sides, 14 ins. X 10 ; 



2 ditto, isiXioi; 1 ditto, 14X8; 1 ditto, 10X8; 1 zinc 

 pocket ditto; 1 setting-house, 15X10X5, with 8 boards; 



3 loose setting-boards ; 1 cyanide bottle ; 1 wire ring-net : 

 i larva box, pocket ; and about 250 well-set moths, butterflies, 

 and beetles. Offers in photo material or violin preferred. — 

 F. C. T., s Victoria Road, Forest Gate, E. 



Hyptiuin hamifoliiitu of Schimper's " Synopsis " (Irish speci- 

 mens) in exchange for any of the rarer Bryums. — C. H . Waddel!, 

 Kendal. 



Several shilling books on Entomology, etc., by Rev. J. G. 

 Wood and others ; also a few minerals, to exchange for foreign 

 marine shells. Will send list. — W. Jones, jun., 27 Mayton 

 Streef, Holloway. London, N. 



Wanted, Cooke's " Plain and Easy Account of the British 

 Fungi." Exchange, botanical, natural history works, etc. — P., 

 80 Leathwaite Roid, Clapham Common, London, S.W. 



Wanted, microscope slides in exchange for Cassell's "Tech- 

 nical Educator" and " Science for All." Also -Jth or -Jth objec- 

 tive ; exchange, the "Royal Natural History," valued 3s. 6d. 

 — Ebbage, 165 Hagley Road, Birmingham. 



Wanted, specimens of dragon-flies (Odonata) from all parts 

 of the world. Will exchange for them dragon-flies from North 

 America. — Philip P. Calvert, Entomological Section, Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, 19th and Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 U.S.A. 



A fine collection of flint, greensand, chalk, lias, carboniferous 

 and .English and Canadian silurian fossils; also a few dupli- 

 cates. — J. A. Floyd, Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



" The Geology of England and Wales," by Horace B. Wood- 

 ward. Second and enlarged ed. (London : "George Philip & 

 Son). — "Official Year Book of the Scientific and Learned 

 Societies of Great Britain and Ireland for 1887." — " Mineral 

 Resources of the United States." — "Geological History of 

 Lake Lahoutan," by J. C. Russell (Washington). "Pneu- 

 matics," by C. Tomlinson, 4th ed. (London : Crosby Lockwood 

 & Co.). — Cole's "Studies in Microscopical Science." — " Science 

 and Art." — "Illustrations." — "Book Chat." — "The Century 

 Magazine." — Scribner's "Monthly." — "The Amateur Photo- 

 grapher." — "The Garner." — "The Naturalist." — " The Botani- 

 cal Gazette." — "Journal of the New York Microscopical 

 Society." — " Belgravia." — "The Gentleman's Magazine." — 

 "American Monthly Microscopical Journal." — "The Essex 

 Naturalist." — "Economical Naturalist." — "Wesley Natura- 

 list." — "Journal of Conchology." — "Economic Naturalist." — 

 "The Midland Naturalist." — " Feuille des Jeunes Natura- 

 listes." — "The American Naturalist." — "Journal of Micro- 

 scopy and Nat. Sci." — — 



Communications received up to the izth ult. from 

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 F. C. K— T. W.— H. E. Q.— A. S. L.— W. J. N— W. J.—C. R. 

 — H. G.— I. W. G.— P. P. C— E. L.— E. C— B. B. L.— H. E. Q. 

 —J. H.— R. Q.— W. M. W.— W. H. B.— E. S.— W. B.— 

 J. R. M.— N. B.-C. R.— J. W.— L. P. L.— W. B.— W. J. S.— 

 N. A. S.— B. B. W.-W. M. W.— E. H.— R. T— W. H.— B. H. 

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

 W. J. S.— W. H. B.— R.T.— A. C. S.-W. J., jun. -J. T. L.— 



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

 W. E. S.— S. C— T. H. B.— W. W.— I. G. R. M.— G. C— 



G. E. E., jun.— P. F. G.— H. P.— W. M. W.— C. F. W. T. W.— 

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