1894.1 



THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



45 



Books, &c, Received. 



" Irish Naturalist.''' 



"Sussex and Hants Naturalist." 



"Stray Notes on Noctuce" (Tutt). 



"Random Recollections of Woodland and Fen" (Swan Sonnenschein). 

 " Secondary Sexual Characters in Lepidoptera " (Tutt). 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Subscriptions, Exchanges, Correspondence, Notes, Papers for Publication, and all other communica- 

 tions must be addressed to the Editors " British Naturalist," Warrington. 



All Exchanges, Queries, $c, for insertion in the following number, must reach us not later than the 

 end of the previous month. All Queries must bear the writer's name. 



Disguised Advertisements for the purpose of evading cost ofadvt., icill not be inserted in the gratuitous 

 exchange column. We request all Exchanges may be signed with name {or initials), and full address 

 at the end. 



Correspondents will please note and write on one side of the paper only. 



ARACHNID A. — The Rev. Fredk. O. Pickard, Cambridge, will name and return any collections of 

 British Spiders received from correspondents of the " British Naturalist," provided that several tubes be 

 sent for their reception. He would also be glad to send types of British genera in return for any specimens 

 he might wish to retain. The specimens need not be separated into tubes before sending, but a label, ready 

 addressed and stamped, should always be enclosed. If the specimens are placed in separate numbered tubes, 

 a peeper, also numbered, should be sent for the reception of the names. 



Acarina. — Mr. C. F: Grove, Belle Vue House, Kirton-in-Lindsey , will name any specimens of 

 Acamna sent to him for that purpose. Stamped envelope must accompany the application. 



Diptera. — The author of " British Flies" (Diptera), Fred.V. Theobald, M.A., F.E.S., 12, Trumping- 

 ton Street, Cambridge, will name specimens of Diptera sent to him for this purpose. He will also advise 

 on the subject of injurious insects. Stamped envelope must be enclosed. 



EXCHANGE. 



Exotic Scolytid^;. — Having acquired the celebrated collection of Bark Beetles, 

 Scolytides, the largest in the world, of the monographer, Dr. Eichoff, I wish to 

 obtain, by purchase or otherwise, all exotic Scolytidce not classified, coming with 

 original sendings. — Director Camillo, F. Schaufass, Miessen, Saxony. 



Duplicates. — S. Ligustri, Populi, Tiliae, Vinula, Citrago, Atalanta, Salicis, Augur, 

 Brunnea, Perla, Edusa, Megaera, Bucephala, Cardui, Camelina, Persicariae, Festiva, 

 Pisi ; living pupae of Populi, Tiliae, Vinula, S. Ligustri, Ocellatus Desiderata. — 

 Numerous. — C. B. Antram, 47, Upper Baker-street, Regent's Park, W. 



Exchange. — Corneum, Anatina, Contecta, Leachii, Piscinalis, Nautileus, Cornea, 

 Contortus, Hypnorum, Glutinosa, Stagnatis, Palustris, Fluviatilis, Putris, Elegans, 

 Alliarius, Crystillinus, Cantiana, Caperata, Erictorum, Umbilicata, Lubrica, &c, &c. 

 Desiderata. — Lepidoptera or Birds' eggs, — J. W. Boult, 17, Finsbury Grove, 

 Fountain-road, Hull. 



Duplicates. — Corynetes rufipes, C. ruficollis, Nitidula bipustulata. Habrocerus 

 capillaricornis, Ocypus ater, Rhyncolus cylindrirostris, Aphodius faetens, A. nitidulus, 

 Bembidium ephippium, Dermestes undulatus,Anthicusinstabilis, Thyamis distinguenda, 

 Lithochara brunnea, Amara convexiuscula, Hopatrum sabulosum, and nearly 500 

 others. Desiderata. — numerous. — A. Ford, Glen Mont, Braybrooke-road, Hastings. 



Duplicates. — Filigramaria, Zonaria, Chi, Ulmata, Didymata, Glauca, Festucae. 

 Desiderata. — Numerous local series. — J. W. Baldwin, 472, Darvven-road, Dunscar, 

 Nr. Bolton. 



Duplicates. — Edusa, Corydon, Adonis, Tipuliformis, Hirtaria, Citraria, Rupicapraria 

 (0). Defoliaria (0), Vulgata (bred, dark London forms), Assimilata, Bipunctaria, 

 Pallens, Lithargyria, testacea, furuncula, literosa, blanda, puta, suffusa, nigricans, 

 N. rubi, c-nigrum, peria, capsincola (a few, bred), libatrix. Pupae of alchemillata. 

 Desiderata — very numerous; especially obfuscata, simulata, trepidaria, tristata, 

 albicillata, fumata, salicata. — Louis B. Prout, 12, Greenwood Road, Dalston, N.E. 



