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NATURE PICTURES OF LEPIDOPTEEA. 

 To the Editor of Sclence-Gossip. 



Sir. — Can any of your readers tell me, through 

 your columns, the process for stamping off on paper 

 the scales of butterflies" wings, so as to get a 

 counterfeit representation of the species I 



Roger Teritt. 



Florence. Italy. 



PHONETICS AND ETHNOLOGY. 

 To tie Editor of SCLENCE-GOSSIP. 



Sir. — Does there exist any systematic treatment 

 of the connection between these two scien c - ! 

 Has any divergence in the structure of the vocal 

 organs or of the speech and auditory centres been 

 noticed among various races, especially among the 

 inhabitants of the once-Roman Provinces, who 

 have now developed Xeo-Latin into seven principal 

 forms ? Have any of their conflicting and contra- 

 dictory phonetic tendencies corresponded with 

 such physiological and racial divergences ? To 

 what climatic, or any other non-biological, cans - 

 can be attributed the tendency to divergent altera- 

 tion of pronunciation 1 I should be obliged for 

 any references, especially recent ones, to these 

 points. Charles G. Stgakt-Menteath. 



23 Upper Bedford Place. 



London, W.C., May Uth, 1900. 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



' : f« rsons 



foUou Lank Illustra- 



tion*. 



Geologists' Assoc iatios of London". 



June 1. — f " Oar Older Sea Margins." Sir A. Geikie. F.R.S. 

 (In Theatre of Museum of Practical Geology, 

 Jermyn Street, S.W. 8 p.m. ) 

 .. 2-5. — * Malvern and District. Prof. Theodore T. Groom, 

 M.D., D.S.:-.. F.G.S. 

 16. — » Caterham. Godstone. and Tilburstow. W. Whitaker. 

 B.A.. F.R.S. 

 .. 23.—* Guildford. A. K. Coomara-Swamv. F.G.S. 

 ., 30.—* Sflchester. J. H. Blake, F.G.S. 



South-Eastern Uxiox of Scientific Societies. 

 June 7-9. — Annual Coneress at the Pavilion. Brighton. 



E. ATloirap Panthurst, 3 Clifton Road, Brighton, 

 Hon. 



NOTTINGHAII NATURAL SCIENCE B.AMBLECG CLUB. 



June 2. — * The Hemlock Stone. Geology. J. Shepman, 



F.G.S. 



Huckuall and High Park Wood. 

 Stafford. 



Botanv. W. 



North London Natural History Socdztt. 



June 1-i.— * New Forest. C. Nicholson. F.E.S. 



4. — 5 Westerham. L. B. Prout. 



i.-f " Reptiles." F. W. Jones. 



23. — * Cycle Excursion from Blackheath Station. 



-i. — t Debate. Sexual Selection. 



■.— * Harefield. E. W. Robins. 



Lambeth Field Club. 



June 4. — * Broxbourne and Wormley Woods. C. S. Cooper. 



_ 11. — f Animal Meeting. 



,. 16.— » Wokins and Chobham. W. Wright. 



South London Natural History Society. 

 June 4. — New Forest. 



.. ie.— Chipstead. 

 July 7.— E. Horsley. 

 Sept. 22.— Paul's Cray Common. 



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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



A. S. H. (Surrey). — Yes, the dipterous fly is Bomhglius m 



A. M. (Hayling). — Tes, the nodnles on the roots of Xicia 

 are the product of bacteria, and known as nitrogen 

 nodules. 



EXCHANGES. 



Notice. — Exchanges extending to thirty words (including 

 name and address) admitted free, but additional words most 

 be prepaid at the rate of threepence for every seven words or 

 less. 



Wanted, to exchange this season's good stuffed specimens. 

 Sheldrakes, golden-eyest redshank, &c. for others. — H. Stevens, 

 23 MundellaTerrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Wanted, grains of so-c?.lled " ginger-beer plant," in exchange 

 for rare algae or shells. — Miss Stanley, Heathfield, Sussex. 



Wanted.— London Cat. B. Plants, 9th edition. Nos. 23. 35. 117, 

 159. 179, 304. 305. 314. 1849. &c. Offered 8. 19L 194, 208, 391, 

 1047, 1368, 1553, Ac— Rev. C. H. WaddelL SaintSeld, co. Down, 

 Ireland. 



Wasted. — British birds" eggs and a large esz cabinet. 

 Offered, foreign stamps, books on geology, engineering, and 

 many for Civil Service candidates. — E. PulL 5 New Terrace, 

 Chesham Bois, Bucks. 



Offebed.— Rhopdloeera of SikMm (Himalaya). Wanted, 

 European (British excepted), Tropical American, and other 

 Rhopalocera. List of species and other information.— Boger 

 Verity, 1 Via Leone Decimo, Firenze, Italy. 



Mosses. — I wish to exchange mosses. Please send lists of 

 duplicates and desiderata.— (Rev.) Hunt Painter, Stirchley 

 Bectory, Shifnal, Shropshire. 



