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Professor Hudson Beare in the September number of the same 

 magazine, and reports the capture of this beetle in a number of 

 localities in the Edinburgh district during the past twelve years. 



HYPERA ELONGATA, PAYK., CONFIRMED AS BRITISH. By Professor 

 T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc., F.E.S. Ent. Record, vol. xi. pp. 334-335 

 (December 1899). A specimen captured near Edinburgh in July 

 last. A history of this insect as regards its previous occurrence in 

 Great Britain is given. 



SIREX JUVENCUS IN MORAY. Henry H. Brown. Entomologist, 

 vol. xxxii. p. 283 (November 1899). Female taken on i3th Septem- 

 ber at Hopeman. 



Two SPECIES OF ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA NEW TO BRITAIN. 

 By Edward Saunders, F.L.S. Ent. AIo. Mag. (2), vol. x. pp. 262-264 

 (November 1899). One of the species referred to is Colletes 

 montanus, Mor., of which three males and one female were taken on 

 Irvine Moor, near Glasgow, on 8th July, by Mr. A. A. Dalglish. 



SOME REMARKS ON THE Two SPECIES OF DIGLOSSA, HALIDAY, 

 OCCURRING IN BRITAIN. By T. C. Champion, F.Z.S. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. (2), vol. x. pp. 264-265 (November 1899). D. mersa stated 

 to occur in the Forth and Clyde districts. 



NEUROPTERA AND TRICHOPTERA OBSERVED IN WIGTOWNSHIRE 

 DURING JULY 1899, INCLUDING TWO SPECIES OF HYDROPTILID^ NEW 

 TO THE BRITISH LIST. By Kenneth J. Morton, F.E.S. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. (2), vol. x. pp. 278-281 (December 1899). 



A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF BRITISH WATER-BUGS (AQUATIC 

 RHYNCHOTA) continued. By G. W. Kirkaldy. Entomologist, 

 vol. xxxii. pp. 296-300 (December 1899). Numerous references are 

 given to Scottish localities. 



LIST OF THE RHYNCHOTA OF PERTHSHIRE. By T. M. M'Gregor 

 and G. W. Kirkaldy. Trans. Perthshire Soc. Nat. Science, vol. iii. 

 part i. (1898-99), pp. 1-5. Fifty-two species are recorded. 



BOTANY. 



SOME PLANTS OF EAST SCOTLAND. By Rev. E. S. Marshall 

 M.A., F.L.S., and W. A. Shoolbred, M.R.C.S. Journ. Bot., 1899, 

 pp. 383-389. Relates to collections made in Elgin (95), "East 

 Ness" (96), and East Ross (106), and includes several new vice- 

 county records. 



NOTES ON NORTH UIST PLANTS, ETC. By AV. A. Shoolbred, 

 M.R.C.S. Journ. Bot., 1899, PP- 478-481. Among numerous 

 notes on plants of North Uist, gives some new vice-county records, 

 and a supplementary list of new records from Skye, West Ross, and 

 Argyll. 



