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September 1905. It is worth remarking that two days later seven 

 of this species were seen at Kincardine-on-Forth, as recorded by Mr. 

 Harvie-Brown in the April " Annals."- -H. N. BONAR, Saltoun, 

 East Lothian. 



Metoponorthus pruinosus (Brandt) in the Forth District. On 

 turning over a board lying on a piece of waste ground at Slateford, 

 near Edinburgh, on 26th April (1906), I noticed a number of 

 Woodlice which seemed different from any I had previously met 

 with in this district. Securing four they were remarkably active 

 I found on examining them at home that they were undoubtedly 

 referable to Metoponorthus pruinosus (Brandt). The species is an 

 addition to the list of " Forth " Land Isopods as given in Part I. of 

 Dr. T. Scott's " Catalogue of Forth Crustacea," issued a few months 

 ago. I have shown the specimens to Dr. Scott. The only previous 

 record of this species for Scotland appears to be that of T. Edwards 

 from Banff (" Life of a Scotch Naturalist," p. 436). It is stated to 

 be common in the south-east of England, and occurs in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Dublin (Dr. Scharff). Abroad it occurs in West, South, 

 and East Europe, in North Africa, etc. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Trematode (Onchocotyk appendiculata] on a Greenland Shark 

 stranded in the Firth of Forth. On the morning of loth April 

 1906, a Greenland Shark (Somniosus niicrocephalus (Bloch)) was 

 found stranded at North Queensferry. It was alive when first 

 observed, but soon died. I examined it the following day. Length 

 almost ii ft., and greatest depth fully 2^ ft.; colour dirty grey, 

 darkest on the back, with whitish spots about \ in. in diameter 

 scattered over the sides and under parts. In the gills I found 

 several specimens of the Trematode, Otichocotyle appendiculata 

 (Kuhn). I am indebted to Dr. T. Scott for the name of this 

 curious parasite. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



OBITUARY. 



During the months of April and May died three men who did 

 good work in the investigation of Natural History of Scotland, and 

 of whom we hope to give a less brief notice in a future issue. They 

 were : 



JOHN P. BISSETT, REV. JAMES FARQUHARSON, LL.D., AND 

 REV. JAMES M. CROMBIE. 



MR. BISSETT was skilled in the examination of the Desmidieae ; 

 and the valuable account of the Desmidie?e of Scotland by Dr. John 

 Roy, which appeared in this Journal in 1893 and 1894, was 



