192 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. — THK QUERIST. 



Depot for the Sale of Natural History Apparatus, d-c. — I believe I some time 

 since suggested in The Naturalist, how desirable it would be to have some 

 central place as a depot in London, for the sale of the various apparatus re- 

 quired by Entomologists, Conchologists, &c.; and I have much pleasure in 

 informing your readers, that Mr. Charlesworth, curator of the York Museum, 

 has now established this desideratum at the following address : " Mr. Robert 

 Burch, agent, 30 Tavistock-Street, Covent Garden, London." He has already 

 supplied him with Naturalists' postage boxes of various sizes, from two shil- 

 lings per dozen ; corked ones for insects ; and others lined with lint for eggs ; 

 also, circular glass-topped boxes, for collections of eggs, shells, seeds, &c., 

 from one shilling to four shillings per dozen ; marine shell dredges, twenty- 

 four shillings each ; insect pocket collecting boxes ; botanical boxes ; geolo- 

 gical hammers, Naturalists' packing boxes, &c., &c. He means, also, to 

 supply him with a stock of buttei-fly nets, store boxes ; and, ultimately, 

 cabinets ; and these last, I hope, by my recommendation^ with the names 

 already put in, for the convenience of beginners ; who, otherwise might not 

 know how much or how little space to leave for various kinds. — F. O. Morris, 

 Nunburnholme Rectory, York, Feb. 6, 1855 



Can your correspondent, John Daniel, Esq., be correct in his supposition, 

 {vide p. 13,) that Lophodium rigidum, Newn. (Lastrea, Presl.) grows "in a damp 

 hoggy meadow, on yfoolhriAgeYaxxa'}" The plant grows ^^ on limestone rochs 

 in mountainous districts" {vide Newman's British Ferns, third edition, p. 178,) 

 and has only been clearly ascertained to occur in three of the counties of 

 the north of England, viz., Westmoreland, Yorkshire, and Lancashire; con- 

 sequently, it is very unlikely to occur under the conditions specified. — John 

 H. Davies, Thirsk, Jan. 18th, 1855. 



Alfred Lucas would feel very much obliged if anyone could refer hi'm to 

 a good work on Coleopterous Insects, with plates, which would be preferred 

 coloured. — Park-Street, Luton, June 26th, 1855. 



Ansiver to Question about Swanneries. — There are a considerable number of 

 Swans on the Trent, near Rugeley, Staffordshire. — Thomas George Bonney, 

 St. John's Coll. Cambridge. 



We should feel greatly obliged to any correspondent who could favour us 

 with specimens of any Infusorial Earths, mounted or unmounted. We 

 would endeavour to make the best return in our power. — B. R. M. 



