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female they were pale, but not so pale as those 

 captured by Mr. Kane some time ago ; also the 

 new postal box invented by Dr. Knaggs ; a trial 

 was made — insects were placed in it, and after 

 rough usage it was opened, and they were 

 intact, showing it to be a very successful de- 

 vice. Mr. Barrett, on behalf of Mr. Sydney 

 Webb, showed the pick of his valuable and 

 extraordinary varieties of Cheluniida , no doubt un- 

 equalled in the world, viz., Arctia villica, varying 

 from almost spotless white to nearly black ; A . caia, 

 spotless, brown marbled, pale blotched, pink shaded, 

 black suffused, and half one colour and half another, 

 etc.; Nemeophila plantaginis, red and pale; Calli- 

 morpha dominula, yellow, white spotted, pink and 

 dusky ; and contributed notes on the normal and 

 abnormal variation shown by the exhibit. Mr. 

 Frohawk, a specimen of Vanessa urticce, having the 

 blue marginal spots exaggerated and extending into 

 the black border about twice the usual distance. 

 Mr. Adkin, a case containing series of most of the 

 genus Taniocampa, showing extreme variation ; all 

 from the New Forest. Mr. Williams, a bred 

 specimen of Pieris napi, in which only the hind 

 wings had developed. Mr. Turner, specimens of 

 Sirex gigas, from Box Hill and Chichester ; several 

 species of Neuroptera, and a specimen of Bombylius 

 major from Box Hill. — Hy. J. Turner {Hon. Report 

 Sec.) 



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R. A. Phillips (Ashburton, Cork). — The mushrooms sent 

 are undoubtedly specimens of Agaricus gambosus, Fr., in a 

 young condition. 



A. Corbet (Adderley Rectory, Market Drayton). — The 

 specimen sent is Riccia natans. 



W. J. Biffin (Tenterden, Kent). — Your fungus is Mitrula 

 paludosa, Fr., a species that grows on dead leaves in ditches. 

 It is not common. 



Geo. T. Read (Stoke Newington). — Your specimens are: 

 No. 1, Jania rubens, Lam., a coralline; No. 2, a species of 

 Ceramium, impossible to say which ; No. 3, Jania rubens, 

 a bleached specimen. 



E. Wheeler (Bristol). — Not an alga, but the protonema of 

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John T. Hurst (Harrogate). — Your specimens are Sea-firs 

 (Hydroida): 1, Scrtularia abietina ; 2, Hydrallmania falcata. 



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Will exchange named perfect Belemnites (liassic) and 

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 formation ; also good minerals wanted. — Chas. Wardingley, 

 Littleborough, Manchester. 



Quadrant tandem tricycle or safety bicycle, solid tyres, 

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Wanted, to exchange rare British birds' eggs, side blown 

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Rare birds' skins and eggs, also Captain Brown's 

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Wanted, Limnasa involuta, Hydrobia similis and Succinia 

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Hedwigidium imberbe and Bryum turbinatum offered on 

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Wanted, fossil-plants in exchange for fauna of the Jurassic 

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Offers wanted for specimens of copper pyrites, mispickel, 

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Wanted, cuckoos' eggs, with those of foster parents ; 

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 woodpeckers, water-rail. Good eggs offered in exchange. — 

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Wanted, living specimens of any of the orb-weaving 

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 exchange will be given. — Jno. Rhodes, Technical School. 

 Accrington. 



Six dozen British plants, all rare, well mounted, excellent 

 condition, full data ; selected from a cabinet awarded a 

 silver medal by the Pharmaceutical Society. Exchange 

 Lepidoptera. — Bond Smith, Potton, Bedfordshire. 



Limestone sections for the microscope offered for 

 " Starland," by Prof. Ball, or the recent book on Sir Samuel 

 Baker's travels. — John Simm, West Cramlington, North- 

 umberland. 



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 Side, Manchester. 



Science-Gossip, complete from 1865 to 1887, 23 vols., 

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Foraminifera, named and localised, in exchange for 

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 Hope, or other localities. — A. Earland, 10, Glenwood Road. 

 Catford, London. 



Will give 200 unmounted fossil spores beautifully 

 separated from the matrix in exchange for four mounted 

 micro, sections (named) of rocks, fossil-plants, or other 

 objects of geological interest. The fossil spores are from the 

 coal measures, and form extremely interesting micro, slides 

 mounted as opaque objects ; several are new and unnamed 

 species. — W. Hemingway, 13, Wharf Old Mill, Barnsley. 



Offered, Urania rhyphens (Madagascar), O. brookiana, 

 Morphos menelaus and M. ega, Papilio paris, and other fine 

 species in duplicate ; also wings of brilliant species for the 

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 Manchester. 



Living Molluscs wanted; Paludina, Valvata, Assiminia, 

 Helicella, Ancylus, Velletia. Well-mounted radulae of the ' 

 same or other genera offered in exchange. — W. R. May, 35, 

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Fine £-inch objective, by Collins; also ^-inch objective 

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Offered, L. C., Ed. 8, Nos. 11, 202, 271, 288, 291, 325, 336, 

 345, 991, 1192, 1198, 1241, 1256, 1389, 1448, 1540, 1559, 1720, 1726, 

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