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HARD WICKE'S SCIENCE- G OSSIF. 



J. W. S. — It is a very common fossil, often found in the drift 

 beds, into which it has been re-deposited from the lower oolite. 

 It is called Gryphea incnrva.' 



J. P. asked if some one would inform him of some authors of 

 lepidopterous names. We give the following : i Boisduval, 

 Godart ; 2 Stephens, Boisduval, Duncan ; 3 Schrank, Latreille, 

 Boisduval, Zetterstedt ; 4 Schrank, Latreille, Boisduval ; 

 S Schrank, Latreille ; 6 Latreille, Boisduval, Duponchel ; 

 7 Latreille, Doisduval, Duponchel ; 8 Godart, Latreille, Meyer, 

 Hubner ; 9 Fabricus, Stephens, Curtis, Duncan, Westwood ; 

 10 Latreille, Stephens, Curtis, Duncan, Westwood ; 11 Stephens, 

 Curtis, Duncan, Westwood. 



EXCHANGES. 



Exchange, vol. 3 of " Magazine of Art," bound in publisher's 

 case, worth ioj. td., quite new, offered in exchange for second- 

 hand cabinet for shells, or offers. — F. S. Atkinson, Thornbury 

 House, White Cross Road, Hereford. 



For well-mounted slide of bread taken from an Egyptian 

 mummy— found in tomb at Thebes — send other well-mounted 

 slide of wood-sections stained. Diatoms, desmids or list to 

 J. Boggust, jun., Alton, Hants. 



Fresh collected examples of Chrysosplcniimi alternifoHum. 

 Alternate-leaved golden saxifrage, unmounted but pressed 

 and dried ready for mounting. Offered in exchange for 

 microscopic slides or eggs not in collection. — G. Garrett, 13 

 Burlington Road, Ipswich. 



Offered, " United States Coast Survey Reports " from 1852 

 to 1876 (all issued so far) ; "Annals of Harvard College Obser- 

 vatory," vols. 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, vol. 8 in half morocco. Wanted, 

 Watts's "Dictionary of Chemistry," Phillips's "Metallurgy," 

 or books of that nature.— H. Poole, 121 Franklin Street, Buffalo, 

 N.Y., U.S.A. 



NiAGAKA River (U.S.A.) filterings, mounted or not, for any 

 good slides.— H. Poole, Buff'alo, N.Y., U.S.A. 



Wanted, slide unstained of Trichina spiralis, or injected 

 preparations, diatoms from London clay or mounting medium 

 (an excellent preparation) sent in exchange.— A. Smith, The 

 Laboratory, Essex Road, Islington. 



Anthers, dry, unmounted, of Friiiiinria meleagris, Laihr^a 

 sqvamarin , Scilla nutans, and several others : also trilid 

 stigmas of fritillaria. Botanical slides wanted. — T. C. Vize, 

 Cotteswold School. 



Living specimens of Coronella Icevis to exchange. Wanted, 

 either John's " Forest Trees," Taylor's " Aquarium," or other 

 work on, natural history. — S. Anford, 15 Commercial Road, 

 Bournemouth. 



Wanted to exchange, a live specimen of barn owl for eggs 

 of sea-birds (side-blown), or offers. — G. Forden, Sandon, Stone, 

 Staffordshire. 



Wanted, diatomaceous earths from old and new Notting- 

 ham, Bermuda, Barbadoes, and other localities (one ounce at 

 least), state what required in exchange. — G. Tempere, Storring- 

 ton, Sussex. 



I WOULD offer specimens of woods from New York for 

 minerals, fossils, stereographs, or almost any curiosities, or 

 cash. — L. L. Lewis, Copenhagen, New York. 



Wanted to exchange, 3 vols, of Science-Gossip, 1874, 1875, 

 1876, strongly and uniformly bound; 3 vols, of "Manchester 

 Science Lectures," and collection of 22 British Fossils, in case, 

 named, with locality; for Darwin's "Origin of Species," 

 "Voyage of a Naturalist," and "Animals and Plants under 

 Domestication ;" must be clean and in good state. — W. Jacobs, 

 41 Macfarlane Road, Shepherd's Bush, W. 



Offered, Science-Gossip, 1879, 1880, unbound, for first 16 

 parts of Cassell's " Butterflies." — Nathan C. Haring, 112 Upper 

 Brook Street, Manchester. 



British land, freshwater, and marine shells, named and 

 localised, and perfect specimens of British lepidoptera, in 

 exchange for a carved bracket, of oak, walnut, or mahogany. — 

 O. M. A., 82 Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent. 



Wanted, two last vols, of Sowerby's "Botany," smaller 

 edition, in numbers or bound. — Mrs. Bishop, The Platts, 

 Watford. 



Wanted, offers for Dr. Chenu's " Coloopteres," 2 vols., well 

 bound in dark green morocco. Also I shall be glad to exchange 

 Edusa, Cardui, Euphrosyne, ulmata, N. Ruhi, and a few others. 

 Send lists. — Rev. E. J. Barry, Beverley. 



American eggs, including Bartram's sandpiper, black-billed 

 cuckoo, and others occasionally found in Europe, which I 

 should like to exchange for European eggs not in collection ; 

 those wishing to exchange please send lists. — Wm. R. Wharton, 

 Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. 



Cluster-cups on leaf of coltsfoot and R. Jicaria, in 

 exchange for unmounted object of interest. — J. M., Porchester 

 Street,near Clifford Street, Birmingham. 



Would like to exchange an Oppen's Postage Stamp Album, 

 containing 530 stamps, many very rare, and having attached to 

 the fly-leaves the flags of all nations. What offers in side-blown 

 ecgs properly classified ?— John N. Blair, 19 Third Street, 

 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. 



WANTEp,_ some seeds (for sowing) of Hepaticus, Snowflake, 

 Scilla sibirica, Helleborus tnaximiis. Will give good plants 



of the fern Aspleniitm Adiantum-nigrum in exchange 



M. L. W., the Vicarage, Whalley, Lancashire. 



Handsome mahogany 45-drawer entomological cabinet, with 

 solid folding doors, for sale or exchange, with packing-case 

 complete.— F. Savage, University School, Hastings. 



Larv^ of Gipsy (Fl. dispar), full grown, offered in ex- 

 change for other larvae or ova.— Geo. Thompson, 131 Wayman 

 Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham. 



Wanted in fruit, species of Phascum and Splachnum, also 

 Antitrichia curtipendula. Exchange in mosses or fern roots. 

 Miss Ridley, 7 Cambridge Square, London, W. 



Wanted, a few good anemones, and other objects for marine 

 aquaria. Polariscope and other crystals of the highest excel- 

 lence offered in exchange.— H. W., 253 Evering Road, Clapton, 

 London, E. 



Telegraph galvanometer, Henley's, in first-class condition, 

 very delicate. Will exchange for i-in. object-glass, by Crouch, 

 Beck, or any first-rate maker.— A. H., i Tamworth Villas, 

 Hornsey Road. 



Wanted, Foster and Balfour's "Elements of Embryology," 

 part I. ; also Geikie's edition of Jukes's " Manual of Geology." 

 —John H. Coulson, Dixon Road School, Birmingham. 



Duplicates: Parthenias, flavicornis, maculata, bidentata, 

 atomaria ; females, irrorella, myrtilli, Corydon, Euphro- 

 syne. Desiderata: ova, larva, or pupa, of Machaon, sinapis, 

 C. album, hairstreaks, and others. Send list.— Fred. Fro- 

 hawk, Haddon, Upper Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood. 



Wanted, a live mole or shrew. Will give fair price in 

 money for one to any one who will write and state terms, &c. — 

 H. C. Brooke, Sutton Valance School, near Staplehurst, Kent. 



Wanted, good Trilobites from various districts ; also good 

 specimens of hard crystals, fluor spars, and double-reflecting 

 crystals of carbonate of lime, in exchange for good palish 

 specimens of Devonshire corals (madrepores) British shells, 

 fossils, or minerals, and fine sections of Devon corals for the 



microscope, unmounted, worth from 2J. to 24J. per dozen. 



A. J. R. Sclater, 23 Bank Street, Teignmouth, Devon. 



Wanted, recent shells of Hemipecten Forbesianus, Pleuro- 

 iomaria Adansonia, or Pleuroiotnaria Quoyana, in exchange 

 for fossils, &c.— M. H. F., Worden, Preston. 



Cassell's " Popular Natural History," 4 vols., in good con- 

 dition, published at £,1 2J., what offers in micro slides?— 

 F. C. Long, 20 Lome Street, Burnley, Lancashire. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Illusions," By James Sully. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co . 

 " Smithsonian Report," 1879. 



" Journal of Conchology." 



"The Midland Naturalist." 



" The Northern Microscopist." 



" The Scientific Roll." 



" Manual of the Infusoria." Part IV. By W. Saville Kent. 

 London : D. Bogue. 



" Bulletin of the Essex Institute." Vol. XII. 



"The American Naturalist." June. 



" The American Microscopist." June. 



"Science." June. 



" Revista." June. 



" Report of the East Kent Naturalist Histological Society." 

 1880. 



" Proceedings of the Norwich Geological Society." 



" Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society." 

 March and April. 



"Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society." 



" Botanical Gazette." 



" La Science pour Tons." 



" A Guide to the Popular Natural History Clubs of London." 

 By H. Walker, F.G.S. 



" The Aquarium, its Inhabitants, Structure, and Manage- 

 ment." 2nd Edition. By J. E. Taylor. London : D. Bogue. 



" Land and Water." 



" Ben Brierley's Journal." 



&c. &c. &c. 



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 de C— R. S.— F. L.— T. M. R— J. A. G.— E. P.— J. N.— 

 T. K.— J. H. B.— T. B.— T. P. D.— A. W. S.— H. C. B.— 

 H. F. H.— W. G. W.— F. A. D.— J. S.— J. N. B.— W. H. S. 

 — R. F. A. H.— E. D.— C. P.— D. A.-E. H.— J. A.W.— J. S. 

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 — F. C— N. C. H.— W. J.— J. T. A.— J. H. C— H. B. T.— 

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