178 THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [July, 1894. 



in which it is first recorded as growing in Lancashire (if different), 

 followed by the locality. The district embraced is that portion of 

 the "county bounded by the Duddon, the Brathay, Esthwaite 

 Water, west shore of Windermere to the Ferry, and thence across 

 the Lake to near Storrs Hall ; along the Lancashire boundary to the : 

 Winster, and down it to its mouth ; on the shore below Grange-over- 



Sands, up the coast to the Duddon, taking in Walney 



Island. Furness is the northern half, Cartmell the southern ; the two 

 making up North Lonsdale, or Lonsdale North of the Sands." It is to 

 be hoped the compiler will receive sufficient support to encourage him 

 in his task, and that the " compilation " will when complete meet with 

 the appreciation it deservedly merits. 



'"Books, &c, Received. 



"Entomologist's Record." "Irish Naturalist." " Science Gossip." " The Naturalist." " Journal of 

 Conchology.'' 



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 tcriter's name. 



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

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

 at the end. 



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



Arachnida. — The Rev. Fredk. O. Pickard- Cambridge, High Street, Swanage, 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 paper, also numbered, should be sent for the reception of the names. 



Acarixa. — Mr. C. F. George, Belle Vue House, Kirton-in-Lindsey , will name any specimens of 

 Acartna sent to him for that purpose. 



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

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

 on the subject of injurious insects. 



Conchology.— (Land, Freshwater.) Mr. C. O. Pickard-Cambridge, Balliol College, Oxford, will 

 name shells sent for identification. Applicants must keep duplicates of specimens sent. 



British Odonata (Dragon Flies), and British Orthoptera.— Mr. W. Hnrcourt, Bath, 195, 

 Ladywood Road, Birmingham, will name specimens and answer questions referring to above orders. 



Lepidoptera. — Mr. Eustace R. Bankes, M.A., F.E.S., The Rectory, Corfe Castle, Wareham, will 

 name specimens of Lepidoptera sent to him for that purpose. Applicants must, however, send 

 addressed label when requiring specimens returned. 



Mollusca : Marine and Terrestrial.- — Mr. B. Tomlin, The Green, Llandaff , will name J 

 specimens of the above Mollusca sent to him by subscribers for the purpose. 



* Diptera. — Mr. R. H. Meade, Mount Royd, Bradford,, will verify and correct the names of specimens 

 of Diptera sent to him by subscribers for that purpose. 



British Coleoptera and Hemiptera-Heteroptera. — Mr. E. A. Neicbery, 12, Churchill Road, 

 Dartmouth Park, N., will name and return any specimens of the above Orders sent to him by our sub- 

 scribers for that purpose. A stamped label for return should accompany each box. 



Mr. G-. A. Lewcock, 73, Oxford Road, Canonbury, N.,will represent " The British Naturalist" 

 in London. After 20th June, his address ivill be Minet Gardens, Harlesden, N.W. 



Stamped envelope must accompany all applications. 



EXCHANGE. 



Wanted, living specimens of any of the Orb-weaving Spiders (Epeirides and 

 Ulobonides). for which cash or good exchange will be given. — John Rhodes, Technical 

 School, Accrington. 



Duplicate Coleoptera. — Dorytomus vorax, Pt. oblongo-punctatus, Deporseiis betulse, 

 C. campestris, Rhizophagus bipustulatus, Pogonus luridipennis (2), S. cylindricum, 

 Melanotus rufipes. Cleonus sulcirostris. Melandrya caraboides, &c. Desiderata, 

 numerous. — F. W. Lambert, 70. St Giles, Oxford. 



Duplicates. — Adippi (fine and long series), Cardamines, Alveolus, Fages, Lucina. 

 Tithonus, Geryon, Edusa (males). Desiderata . — Blandina, Zonaria, and many others, 

 (Fine and well set only.) — F. W. Lambert, 70, St. Giles, Oxford. 



24 JUL 9 4 



