58 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Mr. Soar says are referable to A. tubulator (Mull.), also, it would 

 appear, an addition to the Scottish list. 



I take this opportunity of drawing attention to an early record 

 the earliest I have yet met with of Water-Mites from Scotland. 

 It occurs in Don's List of Forfarshire Plants and Animals, published 

 in 1813 in an Appendix to the "Agriculture of Angus," and is 

 as follows: " Hydrachna globator, grosszpes, and some others." 

 Presumably these are what we now call Arrhenurus globator, and 

 Unionicola crassipes, or its near ally U. figuralis. WILLIAM EVANS, 

 Edinburgh. 



A Swan Parasite from Perthshire. On an immature female 

 Whooper Swan ( C. musicus) secured at Port-Allen-on-Tay, in January 

 last, numerous parasites were detected by Mr. A. M. Rodger, Perth 

 Museum. 



Four specimens, all adult males and females, were fortunately 

 put into spirit, and on examination these proved to be Ornithobins 

 cygni, L. ( = bucephalus, Giebel). Save that the males have segments 

 2-6 with the black lateral spots, these specimens are typical 

 examples. 



Piaget ( " Les Pediculines," vol. i. p. 378) gives 3-6 as the 

 normal, while Denny ("Mon. Anop. Brit.," p. 183) says "the first 

 six segments of the abdomen with a black spot." Evidently 

 the character is independable and varies. JAMES WATERSTON, 

 Edinburgh. 



BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



Fungi from the Isle of May. During two short visits to the 

 Isle of May last September (gth and i6th), I gathered the following 

 Fungi, which are not mentioned among those brought from the 

 island by Misses Baxter and Rintoul in 1907, as recorded by Mr. 

 Steele in the "Annals" for January 1908. Dr. Paul, who kindly 

 looked over my specimens, made the remark that they were small, 

 as one would expect in so exposed a locality. 



Agaricus campestris, L. (the true mushroom). One specimen. 



A. arvensis, Schaeff. Common. 



Nolanea pascua, Pers. Two or three. 



Hygrophorus conicus, Fr. Several. 



Marasmius oreades, Fr. A few. 



Lycoperdon geminatum, Batsch. A good many. 



Several of the already recorded species Naucoria semiorbicularis, 

 HygropJiorus pratensis, H. virgineus, etc. were also met with. 

 WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



