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specimens, apparently of the same form, were got by Mr. Godfrey 

 in May last, near Aberdour, Fife. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Callidium sanguineum, Z., in Edinburgh. During the early 

 part of last summer (1902) a number (ten) of specimens of this 

 beautiful beetle were obtained in the wood-yard belonging to Messrs. 

 Morrison and Co., cabinetmakers, at Gorgie Road, Edinburgh. 

 ANDREW PATERSON, Edinburgh. 



[Mr. Paterson has very kindly presented three specimens of this 

 interesting species to the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. 

 He informs us that the wood upon which the insect was found was, 

 he believes, ash. According to Fowler's " Coleoptera of the British 

 Islands," Callidium sanguineum is very rare, having been previously 

 recorded only from London, North Wales, Exeter, and Plaistow. 

 As a Scotch insect it has, we fear, no claim to be called a native, 

 but it is nevertheless interesting to hear of its occurrence even as an 

 introduction. P. H. G.] 



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Plants on Serpentine in Cabraeh Parish, Banffshire.--The 



following plants were seen on or near the Serpentine Rocks at Scores 

 of the Blackwater, in the Duke of Richmond's deer forest in Cabraeh 

 Parish, Banffshire, about 2500 feet. This place had evidently not 

 been botanised in the late Professor Dickie's time. 



Cochlearia officinalis, Linn. 



Polygala serpyllacea, Weihe. 



Silene maritima, Withering. 



Cerastium alpinum, Linn. 



Arenaria verna, Linn. 



Rubus saxatilis, Linn. 



Rubus Chamasmorus, Linn. 



Armeria maritima, U'il/d. 



Narthecium ossifragum, Huds., in wet places. 



Festuca serpentini, Wilson, peculiar form of Festuca. 



Asplenium viride, Huds. 



Lastrea dilatata, Presl. 



Polypodium vulgare, Linn. 



Lycopodium Selago, Linn. 



Lycopodium alpinum, Linn. 



W. WILSON, Alford, Aberdeenshire. 



Aliens at Carolina Port, Dundee. It may be as well to note 

 the occurrence of the following aliens, which were gathered at 

 Carolina Port, Dundee, by Mr. James Aimer, and sent to me for 

 identification, viz., Sisymbrium pannonicum, Jacq. ; Lepidium per- 



