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Scott, members of the Edinburgh Field Naturalists Society, either 

 at the Society's excursions or when botanising alone. Musei. 

 Grimmia subsquarrosa on Arthur Seat, April 1898; Orthodontium 

 (Stableria) gracile in Roslin Glen, March 1898 ; Fissidens pusillus at 

 Arniston, October 1897 ; Heterocladium heteropterum near Bavelaw, 

 March 1897 ; Hypnum fa/cat urn at head of Bonaly Burn, December 

 1897 ; H.patientia south of Swanston, Pentland Hills, March 1896, 

 rare in fruit. Hepaties. Porella lavigata, Bonaly Burn and Craig- 

 lockhart, December 1897; Cephalozia catenulata, Habbie's Howe, 

 February 1898. A. B. STEELE, Edinburgh. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



The Titles and Purport of Papers and Notes relating to Scottish Natural His- 

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter April-June 1898. 



[The Editors desire assistance to enable them to make this Section as complete as 

 possible. Contributions on the lines indicated will be most acceptable and 

 will bear the initials of the Contributor. The Editors will have access to the 

 sources of information undermentioned.] 



ZOOLOGY. 



BADGERS IN DUMFRIESSHIRE. By W. D. Currie. The Field, 

 28th May 1898, p. 787. Three specimens captured lately in the 

 Parish of Canonbie. 



NOTES OF 1897 [LEPIDOPTERA]. By A. Home, F.E.S., A. A. 

 Dalglish, and E. M. Cheesman. Ent. Record, vol. x. pp. 79-85 

 (March 1898). A large number of Scottish records are included in 

 these notes, from Rannoch, South-West Scotland, and Orkney. 



ACHERONTIA ATROPOS IN ORKNEY. By E. M. Cheesman. Ent. 

 Record, vol. x. p. 85 (March 1898). Specimen captured at Strom- 

 ness on 3rd September 1897. 



SOME NOTES ON OPORABIA AUTUMNATA, BORK. By Louis B. 

 Prout, F.E.S. Ent. Record, vol. x. pp. 93-95 (April 1898). The 

 notes refer in great part to specimens from Rannoch, Aberdeen, and 

 Glasgow. 



TEN WEEKS AT THE FOOT OF BEINN DOIREANN (BEN 

 DOHORAN) IN SEARCH OF CADDIS FLIES IN 1897. By James J. 

 F. X. King, F.E.S. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. ix. pp. 134-135 (June 

 1898). A list of thirty-one species is given. 



Two NEW HYDROPTILID^E FROM SCOTLAND AND ALGERIA 

 RESPECTIVELY. By Kenneth J. Morton, F.E.S. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), 

 vol. ix. pp. 107-109 (May 1898). Hydroptila sylvestris, n. sp., 

 described from specimens taken in July by beating pine trees on 

 the shores of Loch Morlich, Glen More, Inverness-shire, at an 

 elevation of 1046 feet. 



