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SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



April 5. — f The position of Insects in regard to Man and 

 their influences on Plants." A. Bacot. 

 Hon. Sec, F. W. Cannon, r, Glycena Road, 5. II". 

 Lambeth Field Club and Scientific Society, St. Mary, 



Newington, Schools, Newington Butts, S.E. 

 Dec. 5. — t" Marvels of Pond Life.'' W. Tierney. 

 „ 17. — *Visit to Natural History Museum, Geological 



Department. 

 „ 19 — -(-Geological Notes by Members. 

 North London Natural History Society. 

 Dec. 1.— t" Solitary Bees and Wasps." W.H.Smith. 

 „ 15.— -[General Business. 



Visitors will be cordially welcomed at all meetings and 

 excursions. Lawrence J. Tremayne, Hon.Sec. 



Geological Association of London. 



Dec. 2. — t" Contributions to the Geology of the Thame 

 Valley." A. M. Davies, A.R.C.S., B.Sc, F.G.S. 



METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



The following is a list of societies in the London district 

 devoted to natural science, with hours and places of meeting. 

 They may be visited with introduction from a Fellow, 

 Member, or Secretary. Will secretaries send additions or 

 corrections. 



Anthropological Institute of Great Britain, 3, 

 Hanover Square. Second and fourth Tuesdays at 

 8.30 p.m., November to June. 

 Battersea Field Club and Literary and Scientific 

 Society. Public Library, Lavender Hill, S.W. Thurs- 

 days, 8 p.m. 

 City of London College Science Society, White Street, 

 Moorfields, E.C. Last Wednesday in each month, 

 October to May, 7.30 p.m. 

 City of London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, London Institution, Finsbury Circus. First 

 and third Tuesdays, 7.30 p.m. 

 Clapham Junction Natural Science Circle, Young 

 Men's Christian Association Rooms, Battersea Rise, 

 S.W. Alternate Wednesdays, 8 p.m. 

 Conchological Society, London Branch, St. Peter's 

 Rectory, Walworth. Irregular meetings. Rev. J. W. 

 Horsley, President, will answer enquiries. 

 Croydon Microscopical and Natural History Club, 



Public Hall. Third Tuesdays, October to May, 8 pm. 

 Dulwich Scientific and Literary Association. Fort- 

 nightly lectures Lordship Lane Hall, second and fourth 

 Mondays, 8.15 p.m., from October, for winter season. 

 Ealing Natural Science and Microscopical Society. 

 Victoria Hall, Ealing. Second and last Saturdays. 

 October to May, 8 p.m. 

 Entomological Society, ii, Chandos Street, Cavendish 

 Square. First Wednesday, October to June (except 

 January). Third Wednesday, January, February, March 

 and November, 8 p.m. 

 Geologists' Association, University College, Gower 



Street. First Friday, 8 p.m., November to July. 

 Geological Society of London, Burlington House, 

 Piccadilly. First and third Wednesdays, 8 p.m., 

 November to June. 

 Greenhithe Naturalists' and Archaeological Society, 



7, The Terrace. First Fridays, 7 p.m. 

 Lambeth Field Club and Scientific Society, St. Mary, 

 Newington, Schools, Newington Butts, S.E. First Mon- 

 days all the year and third Mondays in winter, 8 p.m. 

 Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly. 



First and third Thursdays at 8 p.m., November to June. 

 London Amateur Scientific Society, Memorial Hall, 

 Farringdon Street, E.C. Fourth Friday in each month, 

 October to May, 7.30 p.m. 

 Lubbock Field Club. Working Men's College, Great 

 Ormond Street, Bloomsbury, W.C. Excursions second 

 . Sundays, Meetings following Mondays, 8 pm. 

 Malacological Society of London, meets in Linnean 

 Society's Rooms, Burlington House. Second Friday 

 each month, November to June, 8 p.m. 

 Mineralogical Society. Meets in rooms of Geological 

 Society, February 4th, April 14th, June 23rd, November 

 17th, 8 p.m. 

 Nonpareil Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, 99, Mansfield Street, Kingsland Road, N.E. 

 First and third Thursdays, 8 p.m. 

 North Kent Natural History and Scientific Society. 

 St. John's Schools, Wellington Street, Woolwich. 

 Alternate Wednesdays, 7.30 p m. 

 North London Natural History Society, Sigdon Road 

 Boys' Board School, Dalston Lane, Hackney Downs 

 Station. First and third Thursdays, 7.45 p.m. 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, 20, Hanover Square. First 



and third Fridays, 8 p.m. 

 Royal Botanic Society of London, Regent's Park. 



Second and fourth Saturdays at 3.45 p.m. 

 Royal Horticultural Society, 117, Victoria Street, S.W. 

 Second and fourth Tuesdays, except December to 

 February ; 2 p.m. on show days, which vary. 



Royal Meteorological Society, 22, Great George Street, 

 Westminster. 3rd Wednesday, November to June, 8 p.m. 



Royal Microscopical Society, 20, Hanover Square. 

 Third Wednesdays, October to June, 8 p.m. 



Selborne Society, 20, Hanover Square. Meetings and 

 rambles are arranged by the various local branches. 



Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society, Public Hall. 

 Sidcup. First and third Tuesdays, October to May, Sp m. 



South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, S.E. 

 Second and fourth Thursdays, 8 p.m. 



Sutton Scientific and Literary Society, Public Hall 

 Chambers. Second and forth Tuesdays, 8 p.m. 



West Kent Natural History, Microscopical and 

 Photographic Society. Meets in School for Sons of 

 Missionaries, Blackheath, third Wednesday, in Decem- 

 ber, fourth Wednesdays in October, November, January, 

 February, March, April, May, 8 p.m. 



Zoological Society of London, 3, Hanover Square. First 

 and third Tuesdays, 8.30 p.m., November to August. 



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CORRESPONDENCE. 



C. Barter (Wynberg, S.A.). — A lapidary's lathe, including 

 bench in hardwood, fitted with crutch, arm. jam-peg, and 

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EXCHANGES. 



Notice. — Exchanges extending to thirty words (including 

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 or less. 



Wanted, foreign shells, crustaceans, echinoderms. 

 Offered, sea-fan (Rhipidogorgia occatoria), New Zealand 

 echinoderms, British crustaceans and echinoderms, whole 

 and half-plate photo-micrographic negative's.— H. W. Parritt, 

 8. Whitehall Park, N. 



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 201, Green Lane, Birmingham. 



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Monsieur Ph. Rousseau, La Mazuire par Aizenay, 

 Vendee, France, desires to exchange shells, fossils, minerals, 

 rocks and plants for analogous objects. Send oblata. 



Wanted, Coleoptera (British and foreign), also store boxes. 

 in exchange for South African Coleoptera. Lepidoptera. etc., 

 plants, shells, or micro material— Delancey Dods, Box 634. 

 Cape Town. South Africa. 



Wanted, Merrin's " Lepidopterists' Calendar." interleaved. 

 Offered, Rye's " British Beetles." coloured plates, as new.— 

 E. J. Denham, 31, Hugh Road, Small Heath, Birmingham. 



