HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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WATKINS AND DONCASTER, 



Naturalists and Manufacturers of Entomological Apparatus and Cabinets. 



N.B. — For Excellence and Superiority of Cabinets and Apparatus, references are permitted to 



distinguished Patrons and Colleges, &r"c. 



Plain Ring Nets, Wire or Cane, including stick, 1/8, 2/-, 2/3. 

 Folding Nets, 3/9 and 4/6. 

 Umbrella Nets, 7/6 (self-acting). 



Pocket Boxes, -/6; corked both sides, -/a, 1/-, and 1/6. 

 Zinc Relaxing Boxes, -/o, i/-, 1/6, and 2/-. 

 Nested Chip Boxes, 4 dozen, -/8. i/io per gross. 

 Entomological Pins, mixed, 1/- per oz. (white or black). 

 Sugaring Lanterns, 2/6 to 10/6. 

 Sugaring Tin, with brush, 1/6, 2/-. 

 Mite Destroyer (not dangerous to use), 1/- per oz. 

 Store Boxes, 2/6, 4/-, 5/-, and 6/-. 



Ditto, Book Pattern, 8/6, 9/6, and 10/6. 

 Setting Boards, flat or oval, i-in., -/6 ; ii-in., -/8 ; ii-in., -/9 ; 

 2-in., -/10; 2i-in., 1/-; 3-in., 1/2; ^i-in., 1/4; 4-in., 1/6; 

 4i-in., 1/7 ; 5-in., 1/8. Complete set of 14 boards, 10/6. 

 Setting Houses, 9/6 and n/6 ; corked back, 14/-. 

 Zinc Larva Boxes, -/g, 1/-. 

 Breeding Cage, 2/6, 4/-, 5/-, and 7/6. 



Articles enumerated are kept in stock, and 



For Sale, a large Assortment of Healthy Pupse of 



Taxidermist's Companion, i.e. a pocket leather case, containing 



most useful instruments for skinning, 10/6. 

 Scalpels, 1/3 ; Label Lists of Birds' Eggs, -/3- 

 Scissors, per pair, 2/-. 



Coleopterist's Collecting Bottle, with tube, 1/6, 1/8. 

 Botanical Cases, japanned, double tin, 1/6, 3/6, 4/6, 5/6. 

 Botanical Paper, 1/1, 1/4, 1/9, and 2/2 per quire. 

 Insect Cases, imitation mahogany, 3/6 to 11/-. 

 Cement for replacing Antenna?, -/6 per bottle. 

 Forceps for removing Insects, 1/6, 2/- per pair. 

 Cabinet Cork, 7 X 3?, best quality, 1/4 per dozen sheets. 

 Pupa Diggers, 2/6. Insect Lens, 1/- to 8/6. 

 Glass Top Boxes, per dozen, 1/8, 2/-, 2/6. 

 Glass-bottomed Boxes, per dozen, 1/9, 1/10, 2/-, 2/6. 

 Egg Drills, V3, 1/- : Metal Blow-pipe, V7. 

 Setting Needles, 6^. per box. 



Our New Label List of British Macro-Lepidoptera, with Latin and 

 English Names, 1/6. Our New Catalogue of British Lepidop- 

 tera (every species numbered), 1/- ; or on one side for Labels, 2/- 



can be sent immediately on receipt of order. 



both British and Foreign Butterflies and Moths. 



CABINETS. Special Show Room. 

 The following are the prices of a few of smaller sizes : for measurements and larger sizes see Catalogue. 



T -r? Minerals and Dried 



Insect. Eggs. Plants> FossilSi &c . 



4 Drawers 



13/6 12/- 



17/6 



16/6 



10/6 

 ISA 



8 Drawers 



Insect. 



• ■ 33/- 



• 45/- 



-r. Minerals and Dried 

 *- ess - Plants, Fossils, &c. 



30/- .... 25/- 



5 6/- 



45/- 



A LARGE STOCK OF INSECTS AND BIRDS' EGGS. 



Birds, Rf animals, &>c, Preserved and Mounted by First-class workmen. 



36, STRAND, W.C. (Five Doors from Charing Cross). 

 PHOTO-MICROGRAPHY.-SEASON 1890 & 1891. 



Is prepared to execute Photo-Micrographic Lantern Slides for Lecture Illustrations from mounted microscopi 

 slides, or from customers' own negatives, either by the wet or dry process, on most reasonable terms. 



CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. 



LAFAYETTE, Artist-Photographer, 4, Silver Street, Halifax, Yorkshire. 



ABSOLUTELY PURE, therefore BEST. 



PRECAUTION. — Be careful to avoid highly-coloured Foreign preparations, sold as pure, which are 

 adulterated with alkali. This may be detected by the dark colour, and the scent when a tin is first opened. 



WORKS BY JTJST^N McCARTHY, M.P. 



A. History of ©an- Own Times, from the Aeeession of Queen Victoria 



to the General Election of 18SO. Four Vols., demy 8vo., cloth extra, 12s. each. — Also a Popular Edition, in Four 

 Vols., crown 8vo., cloth extra, 6s. each. — And a Jubilee Edition, with an Appendix of Events to the end of 188S, complete in 

 Two Vols., square 8vo., cloth extra, ■js. 6d. each. 



A Short History of Our Own Times. One Vol., crown 8vo., cloth extra, 6s. — Also a 



Cheap Popular Edition, post 8vo., cloth extra, 2s. 6d. 



A History of the JFour <^e©rg - es. Four Vols., demy 8vo., cloth extra. 12s. each. 



[Vols. I. and II., now ready. 



Crown 8vo., cloth extra, 31. 6d. each ; post 8vo., illustrated boards, zs. each. 



Dear Lady Disslain. — A Fair Saxon. JLisiiey Mochforu.— Miss Misan- 

 thrope. — My Enemy's Daughter. — The Waterdal^ neighbours. 

 -Donna Quixote.— Maid of Athens.— The Comet of a Season.— 

 Caniiola : A Crirl with a Fortune. 



"The Right Honourable." By Justin McCarthy, M.P., and Mrs. Campbell-Praed, 



Crown 8vo., cloth extra, 6s. 



LONDON : CHATTO AND WINDUS, 214, PICCADILLY, W. 



