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The Continental distribution of the species is : Scandi- 

 navia, in which country it extends far within the Arctic 

 Circle ; the Schwarzwald in Germany ; and it has been found 

 in one or two Alpine localities in Switzerland. 



The primary object of this paper is to induce Scottish 

 Naturalists to observe our dragon-flies, in order that the 

 distribution of this species and others may be worked out. 

 Somatochlora arctica is, I believe, not known from any other 

 Scottish localities except Rannoch and Glen Lochay. J>. 

 metallica I have not heard of from any other locality than 

 Dr. Buchanan White's original one in Strathglass. A 

 number of other species recorded from Scotland by Hagen 

 in his ' Synopsis ' have never been seen by me from this 

 country. It is not desirable that the claims of these to be 

 included in our fauna should rest on information somewhat 

 old and indefinite, and efforts should be made to confirm 

 their presence by new and reliable records. 



NOTES ON THE FLORA OF WIGTOWNSHIRE. 

 By G. CLARIDGE DRUCE, M.A., F.L.S. 



AT the request of the late Mr. Hewett Cottrell Watson, in the 

 year 1883! visited Wigtownshire in order to compile a list of 

 plants, as he had records of only a small number from the 

 county. Accordingly, making Newton Stewart my head- 

 quarters, I spent nearly a fortnight in exploring the county ; 

 but a sprained ankle restricted my work considerably. In 

 the same year, but later in the season, Mr. Charles Bailey also 

 spent a few days in the county. The most interesting plant 

 which I observed was that form of Melampyrum pratense 

 which has all the flowers of a pure golden-yellow colour, which 

 I found by the banks of the River Cree above Newton Stewart, 

 and to which I gave the name var. hians. An interesting 

 form of Vicia sylvatica, which I called var. condensata, was 

 seen on the shingle at Port William, where Crambe maritima 

 occurs. My list comprised the following plants : 



