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Ungarns. Only the lighter forms appear on the slide, the 

 heavy ones being absent. The chief forms of the deposit are 

 Actinoptychus areolatus, Ehr. ; A. simbirskianus, A.S. ; 

 A. undulatus, Ehr.; Arachnoidiscus ehrenbergii, var. cali- 

 Jornica ; A . indicts, Ehr., var. passing over by degrees almost 

 into Stictodisats californicus ; Chatoceras plioccnum, J. Brun ; 

 Clavicula armosa, J. Brun ; Coscinodiscusasteromplialos, Ehr. ; 

 C. clegans, Grev. ; C. fulgtiralis, J. Brun; C grisetts, Grev., 

 var. ; C. heteroporus, Ehr., var. moronensis, Pratt ; C. mega- 

 lomma, A.S. : C. micans, A. Schu. ; C. oculus-iridis, Ehr.; 

 C. radiatus, Ehr. ; C. i-obiuins, Grev. ; C. suspectus, Jan. ; 

 C. symbolophorus, Grun. var. ; C. Transylvanicus, Pant. ; 

 Dicladia capreolus, Ehr.; Goniothecium odontclla, Ehr. ; 

 Grammatophora robust a, Dipp. var. ; Isthmia nervosa, K. 

 (fragments)!; Melosira sol, K. ; Navicula spectabilis, Grev. ; 

 Ptcrothcca subulata, Grun. ; Pyxilla atnericana, Ehr ; Rhabdo- 

 nenta mikado, Pant.; Rh. musica, J. Brun.; Rutilaria longi- 

 cornis, Temp, and Brun. ; Skeletonetna ventriculosa, J. Brun. ; 

 Stcphanopyxis grunowii, Gr. and St. ; S. turris, Ehr. var. 

 cylindrus ; S. turris, var. intermedia ; Surirella gemma, Ehr. ; 

 Triceratium interjectum, A. S., and Xanthiopyxis umbonatus. 

 Mr. Morland is unable to say what the very smali form is, of 

 which you sent sketch. 



D. Maffin iTrin. Coll., Cambridge). — We submitted your 

 sketch of rotifer to Mr. E. H. Tugwell, who says that, so far 

 as he can make out, your figure — which is deficient in 

 details — is Dinocharis pocilluni. of the order Plo'ima, sub-order 

 Loricata. The species is fairly widely distributed. The 

 lorica is prettily facetted, but you do not show this in your 

 sketch, though it should have been seen with your Jth 

 objective. You will get over the difficulty of the rotifer 

 moving in the live box, if you add to the water a few drops of 

 a i p.c. solution of hydrochlorate of cocaine, which narco- 

 tizes the specimens without distorting them. Mr. Tugwell 

 adds that if you will send him a sample of the water contain- 

 ing the rotifers, he will be able to state species more exactly. 

 Thos. Edwards (Coventry Street, Leicester). — Your shells 

 are (i) Helix aspersa, (2) Limv.aa peregra ; both common. The 

 green substance in your specimens of quartz is chlorite. 

 The shell figured in heading to " Notes and Queries " column 

 is a species of Pteroeeras, or scorpion shell. Wash your 

 corals in a weak solution of acid, afterwards placing them 

 in a solution of chloride of lime, but do not leave them in 

 after they have become clean ; take out and wash in many- 

 arid frequent changes of clean wacer for two days. Send 

 your bottled shell up and we will try to identif)' it. 



H. W. Headon (Denmark Hill). — Your pupas are of the 

 magpie-moth, Abraxas grossulariata. 



W. Domaille (Bristol). — Your land-snails are : (a), Helix 

 liortensis, var. argnicola; (b), H. hortetisis, var. incarnata ; (c), 

 Helix nemoralis, var. castanea. 



G. F. Bates (Kendal).— The specimen you sent, though 

 misshapen by pressure in the narrow box, is easily recognis- 

 able as a Gasteromycetous fungus, Phallus impudicus^ L., in 

 a juvenile condition. In the course of development the 

 envelope would be burst at the summit by the lengthening of 

 the stem within, and the fungus would assume the form 

 familiarly know as the stinkhorn, or stinking morel. It is 

 usually formed just below the surface of the soil, and your 

 informant's statement that it was found eighteen inches in 

 the earth is no doubt a great exaggeration, as it bears no 

 trace of such burial on its surface. 



M. S., H. B., and others, who have sent cemmunications 

 without names and addresses, are referred to the first para- 

 graph in " Notices to Correspondents." We cannot notice 

 anonymous communications. 



C. W. Maw (Bradford). — Your aquatic larva is a species of 

 Eristalis, or wasp-fly. belonging to the Diptera. 



J. Greenhaft (Middleton). — The fungus on your dock- 

 leaves is probably JEcidium rubellum. We say probably 

 because the specimens had passed their prime before the 

 leaves were gathered, and as these were neglected and 

 doubled up. the fungus was crushed and could not be 

 identified with any certainty. 



W. E. Lowry (North Kensington). — Your surmise is the 

 correct one. The specimens sent are of the Capitate Rush 

 (Ji:r.c::s eapitatus, Weigel). 



J. J. Hurst (Harrogate). — We are sorry we cannot do as 

 you wish just now ; but you could not do better than read 

 " The Spectroscope and its Applications.'' by J. Norman 

 Lockyer. F.R.S.. in Macmillan's " Nature Series?" price 3s. 6d. 

 J. Grierson (London). — Turk's-head clover, introduced as 

 a farm crop. 



EXCHANGES. 

 Cuckoos' eggs wanted, with those of the following foster 

 parents: redstart, reed-warbler, marsh-warbler, wren, red- 

 backed shrike, nightingale, rock-pipit. &c ; rare eggs offered 

 in exchange. — W. Wells-Bladen. Stone. Staffordshire. 



Matthew Henry's " Commentary on New Testament ; " 

 10 vols., new, clean, cost £2. Wanted, Green's " Shorter 

 Histcry," or work on archaeology. — W. H. Thresh, 79, 

 Warton Street, Lvtham. 



Wanted, side-blown British birds' eggs in exchange 1,500 

 foreign stamps, comprising 250 varieties, used and unused, 

 and some rare, in album ; particulars on application. — Martin 

 and Co., New Tredegar. 



Offered, excellent clutches of herring-gull, black-headed 

 gull, little tern, common tern, ringed plover, lapwing, and 

 many others. What offers in clutches of owls, kite, hawks, 

 coot, redshank, woodpeckers, jay. nightingale, sand-piper. — 

 W. Cross, F.L.S.. St. Anne's-on-t'he-Sea. 



Cassell's " Our Earth and its Story " iS parts to date ; 

 1-inch objective by Beck, screw collar. Offers. — J. Piatt. 

 Eastrop. Basingstoke. 



Offered. P. contecta. L. truncatula. glabra, PI. glaber, 

 dilatatus. nautileus. Z. nitidulus. H. arbustorum, B. obscurus, 

 C. biplicata. C. minimum. Wanted, Cypraea argus and 

 mappa.- F. C.Long. 32, Woodbine Road, Burnley. 



Wanted, Hooker's or Bentham's " British Flora," or other 

 botanical works, in exchange for microscopic slides. — J. T. 

 Neeve. 4. Sydenham Road. Deal. 



Offered, the "National Encyclopaedia," 13 vols., perfect. 

 Wanted, good microscopic slides or accessories. — Geo. F. 

 Bates, Netherfield. Kendal. 



Wanted, 50 fresh, perfectly mature, seeds of Convolvulus 

 soldanella, with two plants having opening capsules; 

 exchange water-plants.— H. B. Guppy, 6, Fairfield West, 

 Kingston, Surrey. 



British birds' eggs offered in exchange for species not in 

 collection. — W. Gyngell. 155. Prospect Road, Scarborough. 



Acicula lineata given in exchange for L. and F. W. 

 species and vars. not in my collection. — W. J. Farrer, Chapel 

 House, Bassenthwaite. Keswick. 



For specimens of Anobium domesticum, send stamped 

 addressed envelope to John Moore, 223, Great Russell 

 Street. Birmingham. 



Pup.e, Yanessa urtica? in exchange for some other common 

 pretty species. — F. Smart, 2, Perseverance Cottages, Cole- 

 brook, Plympton. S. Devon. 



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. 



Offers wanted for Science-Gossip. 1S85-92; "British 

 Naturalist," 1S91-93 ; " Irish Naturalist, 1S92-3 ; " Naturalist," 

 1SS7 (bound), iSSS and 1S92-3 ; " Naturalists' Journal," 1S93, 

 all in parts, clean ; " Dispersal of Shells," by Wallis Kew; 

 Sowerby's '■ Marine Shells of South Africa" ; Lea's " Genus 

 Unio," 27 coloured plates ; Tryon's " Manual of Conchology." 

 ser. 11, pts. 25-32, vols. 8 and 9, plain ; Williams' " Shell 

 Collector's Handbook." — W. E. Collins, Mason College, 

 Birmingham. 



Offered, Pis. amnicum, Sph. lacustre, Balia perversa, 

 Pupa umbilicata. Coch. lubrica. C. tridens, Ancylus 

 fluviatilis, Bythinia tentaculata, H. ericetorum, H. rupestris, 

 H. arbustorum, CI. rugosa. var. dubia (large), Cy. elegans, 

 Hy. ulvse, etc., in exchange for perennial plants, such as 

 gloxinias, pentstemons. doronicums, double pyrethrums, 

 dwarf sunflowers, delphiniums, " Princess Alice " stocks, 

 etc. ; offers wanted. — A. Whitworth, Norfolk Place, Greeba, 

 St. John's, Isle of Man. 



British and foreign shells (about 1,000 species) to exchange 

 for Lias and Oolite fossils; Brachiopods preferred. — A. 

 Loydell. 19. Chaucer Road, Acton, W. 



Wanted. British Coleoptera in exchange for good micro- 

 scopic slides. — T. Midgley, Ducie Avenue, Gilnow Park, 

 Bolton. 



Micro.-slides offered in exchange for others, or for 

 minerals, rocks, etc ; medical, etc., slides taken ; lists on 

 approval. — E. A. Hutton. Broadbottom. Manchester. 



Batrachospermum moniliforme, good specimens, un- 

 mounted, in exchange for good gatherings of freshwater 

 Algae or Desmids. — W. Biddiscombe, 60, St. James's Place, 

 Plumstead, Kent. 



Duplicate eggs of blackcap, chiff-chaff, flycatcher, wag- 

 tail, moorhen, tits, warblers, pipits, redstart, swallow, magpie, 

 jackdaw, ring-dove, partridge, sand-martin ; desiderata — red- 

 shanks, gulls, etc.— C. Judd. 56. Much Park Street. Coventry. 

 Two hundred micro.-slides, diatoms, alga?, entomological, 

 dental and anatomical ; will exchange for Wilson's 

 " Bryologia." or Braithwaite's ''Moss Flora," or the French 

 work on mosses, or safety bicycle. What offers? — Henry 

 Augwin. 33, Belgravia Street, Penzance. 



Yertigos of rarer species wanted, also slugs from Essex ; 

 exchange given in other non-marine mollusca, Clausilia 

 biplicata for instance. — Wilfred Mark Webb, Holmesdale, 

 Brentwood. 



Wanted, ova or living larva? of any species of the genus 

 Yanessa ; cash or good exchange will be given. — Jno. Rhodes, 

 360, Blackburn Road. Accrington. 



Wanted. British dragonflies, grasshoppers, locusts, cock- 

 roaches, crickets and earwigs, fresh killed and unset preferred. 

 Offered, British and foreign Lepidoptera, shells and Echino- 

 derms. — W. Harcourt Bath,i95. LadywoodRoad, Birmingham. 

 Wanted, standard works on entomology, ornitholog5" and 

 taxidermy; cash or good exchange. — Edwin J. Hodder, 40, 

 Wimbourne Road, Nottingham. 



.iEcidium cups on barberry for Yolvos globutor or good 

 named fossils. — J. L. Brain, Swanton Morley, E. Dereham. 



Freshwater Algae wanted in exchange for mounts of 

 same, or other good botanical slides. — W. White, Litcham, 

 Swaflham. 



