-130 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



The Titles and Purport of Papers and Notes relating to Scottish Natural His- 

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter January-March 1900. 



[The Editors desire assistance to enable them to make this Section as complete as 

 possible. Contributions on the lines indicated will be most acceptable and 

 will bear the initials of the Contributor. The Editors will have access to the 

 sources of information undermentioned.] 



ZOOLOGY. 



NOTE ON THE WEASEL, PUTOKIUS (lexis) NIVALIS, LINN., AND 

 SOME OF ITS SUB-SPECIES. By G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton. Ann. 

 and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), vol. v. pp. 41-50 (January 1900). Dark 

 specimen of the form vulgaris, Erxleben, from Elgin, alluded Co. 



SOME REMARKS ON THE BIRDS SEEN IN THE SOUTH-EAST PART 

 OF THE MAINLAND OF ORKNEY IN OCTOBER 1899. By N. E. 

 Ticehurst, M.A., E.Z.S., etc. '/.oologist (4), vol. iv. pp. 54-64 

 (February 1900). Over 50 species dealt with. 



NOTES ON THE GENUS MELOE. By the Rev. Theodore Wood, 

 F.E.S. Ent. Record, vol. xii. pp. 46-47 (February 1900). M. 

 violaceus recorded as occurring on the highroad between Inversnaid 

 and Loch Katrine. 



COLEOPTERA AND LEPIDOPTERA AT RANNOCH. By J. J. Walker, 



R.N., F.L.S. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. xi. pp. 21-28 (January and 

 February 1900). 



MACRO- LEPIDOPTERA OF THE GALASHIELS DISTRICT IN 1899. 

 By James C. Haggart. Entomologist, vol. xxxiii. pp. 44-46 (February 

 1900). 



COLLECTING IN THE ISLE OF LEWIS. By H. Stuart Fremlin, 

 F.E.S. Entomologist, vol. xxxiii. pp. 37-39 (February 1900). This 

 short paper refers entirely to Lepidoptera, of which 15 species are 

 mentioned. 



SMERINTHUS POPULI IN WESTERN SCOTLAND, WITH SOME NOTES 

 ON ITS HABITS. By H. C. Arbuthnott. Ent. Record, vol. xii. p. Si 

 (March 1900). The Isle of Arran and Bridge-of-Weir (Renfrew- 

 shire) are given as localities for this species. 



DIPHTHERA (AGRIOPIS) APRILINA IN MORAY. By Henry H. 

 Brown. Entomologist, vol. xxxiii. p. 14 (January 1900). A speci- 

 men found on 8th November at Darnaway Wood, Brodie. 



WINTER CAPTURE OF GONOPTERA LIUATRIX. By James C. 

 Haggart. Ent. Record, vol. xii. p. 27 (January 1900). A specimen 

 captured at Galashiels on the night of 25111 December, with the 

 thermometer registering 20 degrees of frost. 



OPORABIA AUTUMNATA FROM RANNOCH, WITH REFERENCE TO 

 SEVERAL OTHER RELATED FORMS. By LOUIS B. PrOUt, F.E.S. 



