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CORRESPONDENCE. 



Francis Holt (Accrington). — Uva grass is Gyuerium 

 jitbatum. 



Charles Thomas (Birmingham). — (1) Mamestra brassicce; 

 (2) Boarmia gemmaria (rhomboidaria) ; (3) Gonoptera libatrix ; 

 (4) Odontopera bidentata; (5) Tripk^sa dubitata ; (6) Acidalia 

 aversata ; (7) Apamea didyma. Try to find some one in 

 your district to help you and collect with. 



Frank Brownlov.- (Bournemouth). — The case is of the 

 larva of the moth Psyche villosella, s. local species frequently- 

 found near Bournemouth among heather, but feeds on 

 lichens. We could not find any other larvae in tin. 



T. H. Barbour (Belfast). — Alisma plantago and "Calvary 

 clover" (Medicago echinus). 



A. Loydell. — A list of land and freshwater mollusca of 

 East Sussex may be obtained from the author, J. H. A. 

 Lewis, Esq., 4, East Street, Lewes ; price about sixpence, to 

 cover printing, postage, etc. 



EXCHANGES. 



Notice. — Exchanges extending to thirty words (including 

 name and address) admitted free, but additional words must 

 be prepaid at the rate of threepence for every seven words 

 or less. 



Wanted, foreign land and freshwater shells in exchange 

 for same ; correspondence invited, and lists sent on applica- 

 tion. — E. L. Layard, Budleigh Salterton. 



Wanted, Science-Gossip, No. 169 (January, 1879) or No. 

 301 (January, 1890) in exchange for Xo. 242 (February, 1885) 

 with plate ; also wanted to purchase, volumes of same for 

 any of the years r874, 1875, 1883, 1S84, 1S93 and 1S94, unbound 

 preferred.— J, G. Brass, Barnard Castle. 



Microscopic cabinet, mahogany, dust-proof, lock and key, 

 brass handle, 9 partitioned drawers, each to contain 12 slides, 

 cost last year £2 10s. ; price £1 5s., or exchange for Cathcart's 

 improved freezing and embedding microtome. — C. Lance, 

 Brislington House, Bristol. 



Tertiary and other fossils offered for other fossils or 

 recent shells. — Rev. John Hawell, Ingleby Greenhow 

 Vicarage, Middlesbrough. 



Offered, Purbeck and other fossils. Wanted, rare British 

 or foreign recent shells. — J E. Cooper, 93, South wood Lane, 

 Highgate, X. 



Number of species Achatinella from Hawaiian Islands for 

 other species foreign land shells not in collection, and set of 

 Clausilia bidentata var. Cravenensis (Tavlor) for any good 

 specimen foreign land shell.— T. Rogers, 27, Oldham' Road, 

 Manchester. 



Wanted, Natural History and scientific books or electrical 

 apparatus. Offered, " Strand Magazine," vol. 4 (rare), in 

 splendid condition, with case for binding.— R. F. McConnell, 

 19, Ash Grove, Cricklewood, London, N.W. 



Duplicates. — Actaeon, adonis, aegon, edusa, semele, 

 galathea, sibylla, Paphia adippe ; desiderata, blandina, 

 cassiope, w-album, hyale, athalia, c. -album, alsus. Date and 

 locality of capture required — S. Humphreys. 5, Regent's 

 Terrace, Bournemouth. 



Science-Gossip, 300-315; "Amateur Naturalist,'' vol. ii.. 

 13-18; "Field Club," vol. iii., 1-7; I" The Garner," 59-68. 

 What offers, or books on photography. — B. T. Bonser, 29. 

 Highbury New Park, London. X. 



Wanted, Newman's " British Moths," Staveley's " British 

 Insects," " English Ants " by Rev. W. Gould (pub. 1747). — 

 G. H. Kenyon, Oak Bank House, Eccles, near Manchester. 



Wanted, live adders, smooth snakes and foreign reptiles, 

 also preserved larvae and dead pupae ; exchange birds' eggs, 

 butterflies, books and pigeons. — J. Nicholson, 38, Brighton 

 Terrace, Brixton. 



Offered, tooth of Elephas primigenius and other fossils, 

 which were dredged irom the North Sea, purchased of 

 Lowestoft fishermen. Wanted, coloured illustrated work on 

 British wild flowers.— E. A. Mart n, Kavenswood, Thornton 

 Heath. 



Offered, Science-Gossip for 1894, complete, 12 parts, in 

 exchange for recent book on British Mollusca (suitable for 

 identifying the species) or book on grasses. — C. Elliott, 

 Giles Gate Moor, Durham. 



British and foreign shells, minerals, fossils, polished 

 geological specimens, micro, objects, slides, etc. ; also to offer 

 Science-Gossip, 1SSS-92, 60 numbtrs. Offers. — A. J. R. 

 Sclater, Northumberland Place, Teignmouth. 



Offered, " Young Man," 1894, unbound ; " Romance of 

 Natural History," first and second series. Wanted, butter- 

 fly-net, unbound volumes " Entomologist," Science-Gossip, 

 cr others.— A. Cockburn, jun., St. John's Cottages, Montrose. 



Clutches — Osprej-, red-shouldered buzzard, mottled owl, 

 killdeT plover, Bartram's sandpiper, American bittern, 

 American widgeon, downey and hairy woodpeckers, etc. — 

 Robert Williams, Croase House, Kingsland, R.S.O. 



Offered, 2 vols. Science-Gossip, with plates, bound, and 

 a few well-mounted tooth sections. Wanted, Vol. 28 of 

 Science-Gossip and specimens of Anodonta cygnea and U. 

 margaritifera and other shells not in collection. — Jas. C. 

 Blackshaw, 158, Penn Road, Wolverhampton. 



Wanted, clean gatherings of freshwater or marine 

 diatoms, must be in a healthy living condition ; good 

 exchange offered in selected or shewn slides of diatoms. — J. 

 B. Bessell, F.R.M.S., 8, Elmgrove Road, Cotham, Bristol. 



Offered, marine dredge frame, 18 inches by 6 inches, 

 steel sides, brass ends, galvanised, new. Wanted, books on 

 political economy or geology. — W. H. Johnson, 9, Wellington 

 Terrace, Preston. 



Wanted, British dragon-flies or Diptera (named) for 

 micro, slides of rocks and minerals and micro, lantern slides, 

 — John Mearns, 52. Jasmine Terrace, Aberdeen. 



Wanted, British birds' eggs in exchange for 250 mixed 

 foreign stamps and stamp album, containing small collection 

 of stamps, suitable for beginner. — W. A. Nicholson, 39, 

 Tower Street. Portobello, Scotland. 



Geological Maps. — Wanted, sheets 70, 83 and 84 of the 

 Geological Survey, with or without descriptive memoirs. — 

 John H. Cooke, 123. Monk's Road, Lincoln. 



Duplicates.— Pictaria, Notata(afew), Castigata, Subnotata, 

 Pulchellata, Debiliata, Geryon, Xerampelina, E. fulvago, 

 Advena, Tincta ; desiderata, Arion, Sphegiformis, Strigula. 

 Fascelina, Degeneraria, Immorata, Virgaureata, Va!erinata, 

 Expallidata, Campanulata. Quadrifasciaria, Picata, Fluviata, 

 Obliquaria, Nubiculosa, Ochroleuca, Lutulenta, Contigua, 

 Genista, Asteris, Chamomillae, Peltigeia. — J. C. Moberley, 9, 

 Rockstone Place, Southampton. 



Duplicates. — Edusa, *C. album, Adonis, *Lonicerae, 

 Tipuliformis, Prunaria, *Lunaria, *Illunaria, Zonaria, 

 *Hirtaria, Punctulata, Taminata, Gilvaria, Boreata, Hexap- 

 terata, Juniperata, =*Russata, *Spartiata, *Dromedarius 

 (southern), *Dictaea, Niciitans, Australis, *Persicariae, Valli- 

 gera, Tritici, Populeti, Lunosa, Gilvago, Xerampelina, 

 *Affinis, Pinetellus, Contaminellus (true), 'Kuhniella, *Bran- 

 deriana, Uncana, Monticolana, *Gigantana, etc. (* bred). 

 Desiderata, Rubricata, PlumariaO, Ruberata, Chaonia, 

 Unanimis, Occulta, Melanopa, and many others. — C. Fenn, 

 Evenden House, Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, Kent. 



Duplicates.— Clutches of thick-knee, nightjar, nightingale, 

 redstart, tree-sparrow, tree-pipit, red legged partridge, tern, 

 crested grebe, etc. ; desiderata — clutches of grouse, dunlin, 

 sandpiper, dipper, swift, kingfisher, pied flycatcher, grey 

 wagtail, quail, corncrake, sea-birds (except black-headed gull 

 and tern). — F. Norgate, 98, Queen's Road, Bury St. 

 Edmund's, Suffolk. 



Micro. Slides. — A few good slides for sale or exchange 

 for other slides, on approval. — C. Lance, Brislingtcn House, 

 Bristol. 



Duplicates. — Sybilla, Blandina, Antiopa, Io, Cardui, 

 Galathea, Tages, Thumas, Monacha, Carpini, Autumnaria, 

 Illusiraria, Versicolora, Carpini, Philanthiformis ; desiderata, 

 Epiphron, H. Comma, or stamps. — A. H. Blake, High Street, 

 Biggleswade, Beds. 



Duplicates. — Aphelocheirus aestivalis, in spirit (Hemip- 

 teron), larvae of Orichalcea, prehistoric stone implements; 

 desiderata — rare and local Macro-Lepidoptera (British 

 localities and black pins), Sicula, Cassinea, Nubiculosa, 

 Versicolor, Fluctuosa, Cinerea, Depuncta, Sobrina, Alpina, 

 Xerampelina, Albinacula, etc.— F. Norgate, 98, Quten's Road, 

 Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk. 



