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EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 



LEPTOPSYLLUS ROBERTSONI, sp. nov. 



Fig. 9. Foot of first pair of 



swimming feet x 380 dia. 

 ,, 10. Foot of second pair x 380 ,, 

 ,, II. Foot of fourth pair x 380 ,, 

 ,, 12. Fifth pair of feet, 



female . x 380 ,, 



,, 13. Fifth pair and sixth 



pair, male . x 380 ,, 

 ,, 14. Abdomen and 



caudal stylets x So ,, 



LEPTOPSYLLUS MINOR, sp. nov. 



Fig. 15. Female, lateral 



view . x So dia. 



Anterior antenna x 500 ,, 

 Foot of first pair of 



swimming feet x 380 ,, 

 Foot of second 



pair . . x 380 ,, 



1 6. 

 17- 



1 8. 



Fig. 19. Foot of fourth pair x 380 dia. 

 ,, 20. Fifth pair of feet, 



female . x 380 ,, 



,, 21. Fifth pair and sixth 



pair, male . x 380 ,, 

 ,, 22. Abdomen and 



caudal stylets x 80 ,, 



NOTES ON THE FLORA OF ELPHIN AND THE 

 ROCKS OF CNOC-AN-T'-SASUNNAICH IN 

 WEST SUTHERLANDSHIRE. 



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



LAST June I paid a visit of a few hours to Ledbeg in West 

 Sutherland, in order to verify records made by Dr. Lightfoot 

 in the "Flora Scotica" (which was published in 1777) of Dryas 

 octopetala, Draba incana, Asplenium viride, and Polypodium 

 (Polystichum) Lonckitis, the former of which he says " he 

 found abundantly for two miles together upon a vast lime- 

 stone rock called Creg-achnocaen, upon the boundaries of 

 Coygach and Assynt, just on the confines of Ross-shire and 

 Sutherland, about ten miles from Loch Broom, in the road to 

 Ledbeg, upon the western coast." The Draba and the two 

 ferns were gathered by him in the same locality. On the 

 faith of these records the four plants were included in 

 " Topographical Botany " for West Ross ; but, as the actual 

 occurrence of the plants in both counties was a little uncertain, 

 since the limestone rocks are represented on the geological 



