igo ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



specimens taken in the spring, the largest of which was a female 

 weighing 3f Ib. 



VARIATION OF T^ENIOCAMPA GOTHICA. Richard South. Ento- 

 mologist, vol. xxvii. p. 194 (June 1894). The note refers to a series 

 of specimens bred from ova deposited by a female from Perthshire. 



BlSTON HIRTARIA AND CLEORA VIDUARIA IN SCOTLAND. Wm. 



Reid. Entomologist, vol. xxvii. p. 136 (April 1894). A short note 

 on the distribution of these two species in Scotland. 



THE MILD SEASON. Wm. Reid. Entomologist, vol. xxvii. p. 

 146 (April 1894). Phigalia pedaria taken in the Logic woods on 

 27th December and 7th January. 



EPHESTIA KUHNIELLA IN ABERDEENSHIRE. A. H. Home. 

 Ent. Record, vol. v. p. 96 (April 1894). Larvae found among flour 

 at Monymusk in the autumn of 1893. 



A SECOND HUNDRED NEW BRITISH SPECIES OF DIPTERA. 

 By G. H. Verrall. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. v. pp. 76-79 (April 

 1894), and pp. 140-144 (June 1894). A number of Scottish 

 records are included in this paper. 



BOTANY. 



REPORT OF EXCURSIONS OF BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB, 

 1892, in Hist. Berw. Nat. Club, vol. xiv. part i. The only points 

 of botanical interest to be noted are as follows : 



To Hawick and Wauchope, on ist June. Lycopodium alpimini, 

 var. dedpiens, reported from near Traquair, and from Cattle-shields 

 in the Lammermoor Hills. 



To Yester, on 3ist August. Measurements of several trees are 

 given, some of them very large: e.g. a Beech 75 ft. high is 15^ ft. 

 in diameter; an Oak 63 ft. high is 15 ft. 2 in. ; a Lime 94 ft. high 

 is 14 ft. 8 in.; and a True or Spanish Chestnut 92 ft. high is 18 ft. 

 All the diameters are taken at 5 ft. from the ground. [Note. 

 Should "diameter" not be circumference in these records? ED. 

 Ann. Scot. Nat. HistJ] 



At the Anniversary Meeting, on i2th October, in Berwick 

 Museum, Dr. Hardy showed Miliiim cffusum, new to Berwickshire, 

 found by him in Penmanshiel Wood. 



MEASUREMENTS OF SOME OF THE LARGEST TREES AT NISBET 

 HOUSE, BERWICKSHIRE. By Peter Loney, Marchmont. Hist. 

 Benv. Nat. Club, vol. xiv. part i. p. 146. Height and diameter at 

 i, 3, and 5 feet above ground are noted of 13 trees; but the 

 " diameters " are so large as to suggest that they are girths. 



FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. Compiled 

 by William A. Clarke, F.L.S., continued. Journ. Bot., April-May. 

 Includes from Veronica spicata to Ajuga Chamcepitys. 



