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Besides these were seen, but not taken, Arion ater and Helix 

 rotundata. JAMES WATERSTON, Edinburgh. 



Pupa angliea (fer.) in Linlithgowshire. Referring to my note 

 in the last number of this Magazine (1902, p. 254), recording this 

 little mollusc from Mid-Lothian, I have now to state that on 2yth 

 October 1902 I found a colony of it in a damp spot adjoining the 

 shore within Dalmeny grounds, West Lothian. Most of the dozen 

 or so specimens gathered were got about the bases of dead leaves 

 and stems of the spotted hemlock. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Spilodes stieticalis (Z.) in Haddingtonshire. On 2yth July 

 1901 I caught four good specimens of this very local moth, and saw 

 several others on Luffness Links, East Lothian. Mr. C. G. Barrett 

 has seen one of them, and confirms my identification. The species 

 has been recorded by Prof. Trail from Old Aberdeen ("Trans. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. Aberd. 1878"); and in Leech's "British Pyralides," pub- 

 lished in 1886, " Fifeshire, Perthshire, and Aberdeen" are given as 

 localities for it. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Rare Moths in Fifeshire. In July 1901 I captured several 

 specimens of the Spilodes stieticalis (L.) and Botys terrealis (Tr.) in a 

 locality in Fifeshire, which perhaps should not be more particularly 

 indicated at present. As I understand that both species are rare, it 

 may be of interest to place these captures on record. J. Ross, 

 Kirkcaldy. 



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Memorial to George Don. At the last meeting of the British 

 Pharmaceutical Conference at Dundee, when I had the honour of 

 being president, I took for my address the subject of the " History 

 of Scottish Botany," and incidentally drew attention to the botanical 

 work of George Don, of Forfar, who made so many and important 

 discoveries of British plants. 



Some years ago Mr. John Knox, of Forfar, gave a sympathetic 

 sketch of Don in the pages of the " Scottish Naturalist," to which I 

 afterwards contributed a paper on the same subject. Don, as we 

 know, lived a hard life, and died in abject poverty; but, unlike those 

 Scottish worthies Robert Dick and Thomas Edward, he has had no 

 due public acknowledgment, but instead has met with, I think, 

 unmerited criticism and blame at the hands of a few botanists. 



Recently an important article on the subject of the life of 

 George Don has appeared in the Scotsman ; and I have been 

 asked to start a movement towards erecting some simple monu- 

 ment to him in his native town. The local committee of our 



