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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



BALSAM-mounted sections, well finished, for pathological or 

 histological specimens suitable for sections in chromic acid or 

 spirit. — Thomas Groves, Kilburn Dispensary, N.W. 



Aquarium, octagon form, 20 inches high, 15 inches wide, 

 slate bottom ; open to offers — no books. Also, Cassell's 

 "Science for All," complete, unbound; desiderata, aviary, 

 cage, or good canaries, or other birds other than pigeons or 

 fowls. — Aquarium, 24 Park Road, Clapham, London, S.W. 



Wanted, i-inch objective, or other microscopic appliances, 

 in exchange for 100 accurately-named British mosses. — G. A. 

 Barker, 1 Northwold Road, Upper Clapton, E. 



" Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present " (Bains and 

 Fairbairn), 25 parts, published at js. each, one part missing. 

 What offers ? — J. Laing, 37 Main Street, Stapenhill, Burton-on- 

 Trent. 



Wanted, first-class botanical and anatomical slides, also 

 diatom slides (selected), and good unmounted material of all 

 kinds, in exchange for entomological preparations, mounted.— 

 C. Collins, Bristol House, Harlesden, N.W. 



Offerei', A. acicula, C. dubia, H. pisana, P. corneus, 

 L. stagnalis, var. fragilis, H. ru/estris, C. minimum, and 

 others, for L. auric ularia, L. glutinosa, Unio margaritifer, 

 H.fusca, and varieties of species. — Wm. Webster, Lofthouse, 

 Wakefield, 



Wanted, No. 242 of Science-Gossip. — R. C. Chaytor, 

 Scrafton Lodge, Middleham, Yorkshire. 



Goldsmith's " History of the Earth and Animated Nature," 

 with notes from the works of the most distinguished British and 

 foreign naturalists, illustrated by upwards of 2000 figures; 

 Gosse on " Evenings at the Microscope ;" and " One Thousand 

 Objects for the Microscope by M. C. Cooke;" for exchange or 

 otherwise, unbound vols, of Science-Gossip preferred. — R. 

 C. Chaytor, Scrafton Lodge, Middleham, Yorkshire. 



Wante<>, Eocene fossils from Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent 

 only, in exchange for others ; must be named, localised, and 

 perfect specimens. Also wanted, J. W. Lowry's " Chart of 

 Characteristic British Tertiary Fossils ;" state wants. — Geo. E. 

 East, jun., 10 Basinghali Street, London, E.C. 



Exotic butterflies. — Duplicates : Orn. Priamus, Minos, 

 Richmondii ; Papilio Polymnestor, Hector, Diphilus, Philoxe- 

 nus (fine), Paris, Polyctor, Zalmoxis, Hesperus; Urania 

 Rhypheus ; Leilus ; Attacus Atlas, etc. Wanted, other exotic 

 Rhopalocera, particularly rare Papilios for figuring.— Hudson, 

 Railway Terrace, Cross Lane, near Manchester. 



Lepidoptera. — Duplicates : Io, Atalanta, Cardamines, Co- 

 rydon, S.populi, tilue, ligustri, tiliaria (= alniaria), Defoli- 

 aria, Dilatata, Rhomboidaria, Pyraliata, Dubitata, Piniaria, 

 Rubiginata, jEscularia (2 ), Bucephala, Perla, Elymi, Lutosa, 

 Suffusa, Megacephala, Lucifera, Ferruginea (fair), Oxyacan- 

 tha, Lota, Spadicea, Rostralis,| Hortuellia, Pratellus. Cerella. 

 Desiderata: Pups of Carmelita, Chaonia, Dodonaea, or offers. 

 — George Balding, Ruby Street, Wisbech. 



Micro-slides : a few slides of cane-sugar for polariscope (very 

 brilliant), also some selected diatoms and miscellaneous mounts ; 

 exrhange for other good mounts ; mutual approval. — Mathie, 

 42 McKinlay Street, Glasgow. 



Well-mounted slides of Diatomaceae in exchange for other 

 •well-mounted slides, Forams. and Polycystina preferred. Send 

 list.— W. M. Ranson, The Cottage, Priory Road, Anfield, 

 Liverpool. 



Micro-slides. — Two beautiful objects for polariscope, viz., 

 spicula of Synapta in situ, and leg of cockchafer, showing 

 muscular structure ; in exchange for two good insect mounts. — 

 J. B. Bessell, Fremantle Square, Bristol. 



Science-Gossip wanted, any No. from commencement to 34, 

 also 51, 52, 55 to 59, 67, 68, 72, 76, 83, 84, " Entomologist" 187, 

 199, 202, 221, 243, 244, 248, 249, 250. Good exchange given 

 for any of above. — W. T. Taylor, Seymour House, Keswick. 



I wish to receive American plants in exchange for plants 

 of Europe, and especially of France and Switzerland. — 

 Mouillefarine, 46 Rue St. Anne, Paris. 



Wanted, coins, medals, tokens, old china and bric-a-brac 

 generally ; in exchange, can offer fossils, shells, minerals. — F. 

 Stanley, 6 Clifton Gardens, Margate. 



Wanted, Huxley's " Crayfish " or " Practical Biology ; " 

 will give the April, July, October, 1885, and January 1886 parts 

 of " Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science." — H. Hiller, 

 82 Pinstone Street, Sheffield. 



"Compendium of the English Flora," by Sir J. E. Smith, 

 1884, with a printed list of Yorkshire plants by Ibbotson ; 

 Bloomfield's "Poems," illustrated by Bewick, 1811 ; Inglis's 

 " Channel Islands," 1834 ; Audubon's " Ornithological Bio- 

 graphy," 1831, folio, one volume, no illustrations ; Forrest's 

 "Sculptured Rocks on Rombalds Moor," pamphlet, rare; 

 MS. lists of Wakefield and Pontefract shells, for other natural 

 history books or specimens. — Geo. Roberts, Lofthouse, 

 Wakefield. 



Swift's clinical and sea-side microscope with i-in. objective, 

 spot lens, and tripod foot, good condition. Also capital ^-in. 

 objective by E. Swift (for binocular). What offers? Apparatus. 

 Wanted a good compressorium, Ross model. — E. B. L. Bray ley, 

 13 Burlington Road, Clifton, Bristol. _ 



Wanted, a good second-hand slide cabinet to hold 500 or 

 750 slides, either oak or mahogany ; state requirements. — W. 

 Henshall, The Holl es, Bredbury, nr. Stockport. 



Valuable collection of British land, freshwater and marine 

 shells, and a few foreign ; 360 species and vars. ; nearly 2000 

 specimens, named and localised ; offers requested. — Thos. H. 

 Hedworth, Dunston-on-Tyne. 



Wanted, parts 1 to 16 of the "Journal of Conchology," or 

 any of them, also British land, freshwater and marine shells 

 in exchange for others ; lists on application. — J. W. Cundall, 

 Carrville, Alexandra Park, Redland, Bristol. 



Science-Gossip in numbers for the years '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, 

 '85, with 24 coloured plates ; to exchange for coins or natural 

 history books. — Jas. Windoes, Chipping Norton, Oxon. 



L. C. 7th edition offered: 1142, 1646, 420^, 421, 463, 464, 

 464?, 468?, i, g, tv, 452, 406. Many desiderata. — W. S. 

 Harrison, 15 Park Place East, Sunderland. 



A good exchange for any of the following : Litnna , a glabra, 

 L. glutinosa, L. involuta,Acme, Vertigo alpestris, V. pusilla, 

 or Geomalacus tnaculosus. — S. C. Cockerell, 51 Woodstock 

 Road, Bedford Park, Chiswick, W. 



Science-Gossip, January '84 to May '85, 16 parts, excluding 

 March '84. All clean and perfect, with plates. Wanted, well 

 set specimens of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera or Hymenoptera; 

 write first. — W., 22 Richmond Terrace, Clapham Road, London. 



Wanted, Thecla bettila-, T. Pruni, T. IV. album, T. 

 Quercus, T. Rubi, Leucophasia sinapis and Polyonimatus 

 sEgon. Send list of requirements for a good series of any of the 

 alove. — F. A. A. Skuse, 36 Campbell Road, Bow, London, E. 



Wanted, ^Egeria, Davus, Sibilla, Argynnidae andLycoenidae, 

 in exchange for freshwater rotifers. — W. Hayles, 9a Union 

 Road, Cambridge. 



I will send one dozen micro-photographs of natural history 

 objects, in exchange for an equal number of slides of insect 

 preparations in balsam ; Enock's, Topping's or Norman's pre- 

 ferred. — M. H. Robson, 18 Albion Place, Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne. 



Wanted, museum specimens of an ethnological and anthro- 

 pological character. A large selection of microscopic slides of 

 marine life, etc. ; North American and British shells ; Crustacea, 

 and ottier specimens offered in exchange. — Ed. Lovett, West 

 Burton House, Outram Road, Croydon. 



Wanted, foreign correspondents for the exchange of insects 

 of all orders. — S. L. Mosley, Beaumont Park Museum, Hud 

 dersfield. 



Wanted, Gottsche, Lindenberg and Nees' " Synopsis Hepar 

 ticarum," clean copy if possible. Exchange in books. — W. Smith, 

 Ormiston Lodge, Arbroath. 



Wanted, specimens of British Chrysididae or Vespidae in ex- 

 change for living chrysalides of Megachile ligniseca and Crabro 

 leucostoma. — D. W. Collings, 22 Balfour Road, Highbury, N. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 

 " The French Metrical System," by Christopher Giles, Ade- 

 laide (London: R. Banks & Son). — "The Definitions of 

 Euclid," by R. Webb, M.A. (London : Geo. Bell & Sons).— 

 " Modern Science : a Criticism," by Edward Carpenter (Man- 

 chester : John Heywood). — " British Cage Birds," parts 5 and 

 6 ; " Book of the Goat," part 5 ; and " Fancy Pigeons," part 

 5 (all published by L. Upcott Gill, London).—" British Petro 



The Illustrated Science Monthly." — "The American 

 Florist."— "The American Monthly Microscopical Journal." 

 — "The Botanical Gazette." — " Cosmos." — " Science."— "The 

 Amateur Photographer." — " Ben Brierley's Journal." — " The 

 Rochdale Field Naturalists' Journal."— " Feuille des Jeunes 

 Naturalistes." — " The Garner."— " The Naturalist."—" The 

 Midland Naturalist."— "Journal of the Quekett Microscopical 

 dub."— "The American Naturalist."— " British and Colonial 

 Druggist." &c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to the uth ult. from: 

 L. J.-M. A. H.— S. C. C.-W. B. G.-J. L.-H. E. Q.— 

 G. A. B.-W. F., jun.-A.-F. C. G.— I. M.-T. G.— P. T. D. 

 T. W. M.— T. W.-W. B. G.— J. E. L.— R. W.— R. L. W.— 

 E. H.-C. C-B. P.-W. C. C— E. G.- L. E. A.-F. G. L— 

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

 -L. E.-N. O. R.-A.-F. G. L.-C. P. C.-G. F.-T. E.— 

 T. S. S.-L. W. W. P.— G. A.— R. T. J.— J. J. N.-W. M.— 

 L. E. A.-P. Q. K.-A. S.-M. T.-H. E. T.-M. T.— 

 T. E. E — K. M. W. T.— T. M.— E. W.-G. H.— M. B.— J. M. 

 F -\v W.— G H. J.— W. S. B.— H. A.— Dr. A. M. M'A.— 

 H. G. W.— B. H. W.— C. P. F.— L. B.— C. B. M.— W. H.— 

 H P. M.-B. H. W.-H. M.— F. B.— J. W. W.— W. D. C— 

 J. M.-W. J.-J. G.-F. H.-T. F.-J. W. C.-T. J. P.— 

 W H. H.-W.-F. S.-C C— M.-W. T. T.-J. C. P.- 

 L K. B.— I. B. B.— W. M. R.— B. T.— W. M.— S. M.— 

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

 — R. C. C.-E. L.— A. P.— F. J. W.-W. W.— W. F., jun.— 

 C. C.-Messrs. S. S. & Co.-S. C. C.-E. C B.-W. S. H.- 

 J. W.-Dr. M.-A. S.-J. R—T. H. H.-M. D. H.-W. H. 

 — E. B. L. B.-P. E. G.— J. W. H.-J. T. T. R.-G. R.— 

 H. H.-W. G.-W. H.-J. C T.-F. A. A. S.-W. R.- 

 M. H. R.— &c. &c. &c. 



