25 6 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



and their distribution discussed. The address is a very valuable 

 contribution to the history of the botanical investigation of Scotland, 

 a work in which Mr. Druce has taken no small part. 



"The Hepatic* of the British Isles," by Mr. W. H. Pearson, 

 has been completed, the hst part having been published. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter July- September 1902. 



(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. 



LATE NESTING OF TERNS. W. E. Frost. The Field, 23rd 

 August 1902, p. 364. Nest with two eggs found near the Isle of 

 Ulva, Argyllshire, on 1 5th August. 



NOTES FROM THE GATTY MARINE LABORATORY, ST. ANDREWS. 

 By Prof. M'Intosh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., September 1902, pp. 252-260, pi. vi. The notes refer to 

 Fishes and Worms, some of which are of Scottish origin. 



LIST OF SPECIES, VARIETIES, AND ABERRATIONS OF LEPIDO- 

 PTERA SO FAR ONLY RECORDED FROM THE BRITISH ISLANDS. By 

 J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. Ent. Record, ist and 25th July 1902, pp. 186- 

 188 and pp. 202-205. Several Scottish forms referred to. 



LEPIDOPTERA IN PERTHSHIRE. E. Rogers Bush. Ent. Record, 

 September 1902, pp. 249-250. This note refers to Cirrhcedia 

 xerampelina, Drymonia chaonia, Anticlea sinuata, and Thera 

 simulata. 



PYRAMEIS (VANESSA) CARDUI IN FIFESHIRE. Henry H. Brown. 

 Entomologist, August 1902, p. 219. Specimen taken from Kemback 

 Hill on 28th June. 



THE HABITS OF NYSSIA LAPPONARIA. Percy C. Reid. Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., September 1902, p. 222. Notes on specimens taken at 

 Kinloch Rannoch. 



ACOSMETIA CALIGINOSA IN THE HEBRIDES. Charles G. Barrett. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., August 1902, p. 184. Suggests that occurrences 

 of this species are due to a sporadic migration. The possibility of 

 its having a habitation somewhere in the far west is also alluded to. 



