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Invertebrates captured during the years named by the tow-nets, 

 including Mollusca, Crustacea, Vermes, and Ccelenterata. The 

 plates are in the form of charts showing the distribution and relative 

 abundance of various organisms in the Firth, and the paper con- 

 cludes with a list of the species of Mollusca and Crustacea referred 

 to in the preceding notes, and showing the stations where they were 

 obtained. 



THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE INLAND WATERS OF SCOT- 

 LAND --PART VIII. By Thomas Scott, F.L.S. Including an 

 ACCOUNT OF THE EXAMINATION OF SOME OF THE LOCHS OF 

 SHETLAND. By Thomas Scott and Robert Duthie. i6f/i Ann. 

 Report Fishery Board Scot., pt. iii. pp. 248-260 (August 1898). 

 -The first part of this paper deals with Lochranza (Arran), 

 Garry Loch (Ailsa Craig), and Park Loch and Tangy Loch, near 

 Campbeltown (Cantyre). The second part deals with the fresh- 

 water lochs of Shetland, with notes on their physical aspects. Tables 

 are given in both parts containing the names and showing the 

 distribution of all the species (Mollusca and Crustacea) from the 

 lochs referred to. 



SOME ADDITIONS TO THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF LOCH FYNE. 

 By Thomas Scott, F.L.S. i6f/i Ann. Report Fishery Board Scot., 

 pt. iii. pp. 261-282, pis. xii.-xv. (August 1898). Deals with Crustacea, 

 Vermes, and Foraminifera, and describes, amongst others, Pseudo- 

 tachidius coronatus, gen. et sp. nov. (?) ; Ascomyzon simulans, sp. 

 nov. ; and Neopontius angularis, gen. et sp. nov. An appendix 

 gives some extra notes on some Clyde Crustacea. 



ADDITIONS TO " BRITISH CONCHOLOGY." By J. T. Marshall. 

 Journal of Conchology, vol. ix. pp. 65-74 (July 1898). Numerous 

 Scottish records are given. 



NOTES FROM THE GATTY MARINE LABORATORY, ST. ANDREWS 

 No. XIX. By Professor M'Intosh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), vol. ii. pp. 103-118, and pi. ii. (August 1898). 

 Deals with Scottish specimens of Clione limacina and Bipinnaria 



astengera. 



BOTANY. 



BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. By 

 James Britten, F.L.S., and J. S. Boulger, F.L.S. Joitrn. Bot., 1898, 

 pp. 267-271. The following botanists, natives of Scotland or 

 writers on the botany of Scotland, are included in the present 

 instalment of the supplement: Rev. Robert Hunter (1824 ?-97), 

 Charles Jenner (1810-93), Thomas King (1834-96), George 

 Lawson (1828 P-gs), John Leitch (1859 ?-<)6), David Lyall, M.D. 



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