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of Porcellio pictus at Seafield, Leith, and also stated that it had been 

 recorded for Banff by T. Edward, and from Ayrshire by D. A. Boyd. 

 In 1894 an interesting paper on the Irish Woodlice by Dr. Scharff 

 of Dublin was published in the "Irish Naturalist" for January and 

 February of that year. In his note on the British distribution of 

 Porcellio pictus Dr. Scharff gives Kent as the only English county 

 from which the species had been recorded, but inadvertently omits 

 the Scotch records. I was pleased to observe that at the last meeting 

 of the Glasgow Natural History Society, Dr. Robertson of Millport 

 recorded the occurrence of this " Slater " for Cumbrae. Though this 

 pretty Isopod is much less common than some of its confreres, I have 

 no doubt that if carefully looked for its extreme rarity will be found 

 to be more apparent than real. T. SCOTT, Leith. 



Erythrops serrata, G. O. Sars, in the Firth of Clyde. 



Specimens of this interesting Schizopod have lately been obtained in 

 the Firth of Clyde, in the deep water off the Ayrshire coast. In a 

 Memoir on the British Mysidse, published in the "Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History" for August and September 1892, Dr. 

 A. M. Norman gives three Scotch stations for this species, viz. St. 

 Magnus Bay, Shetland ; the Moray Firth ; and the Firth of Forth. 

 So far as I know, there is no previous record of Erythrops serrata 

 for the Clyde district.-- -T. SCOTT, Leith. 



Laophontodes bieornis, A, Scott, in the Firth of Clyde. 



Specimens of this curious and distinct Copepod have lately been 

 obtained in some dredgings from Kilbrennan Sound, Firth of Clyde. 

 The species was discovered by my son in material dredged off Port 

 Erin, Isle of Man, and is described and figured in the last Report 

 on the work of the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory, published 

 this year. Only one specimen of the Copepod a female was 

 obtained in the material dredged off Port Erin, but the Kilbrennan 

 dredgings yielded many specimens including both sexes. In this 

 species the second body segment is produced on each side into a 

 strong curved tooth hence the specific name ; this tooth extends 

 outward and backward and gives to the species, which is a small 

 one, a very characteristic appearance. T. SCOTT, Leith. 



BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



Birds and Oak-galls. In strolling through one of our woods a 

 curious observation was made the other evening. A number of galls 

 of Cynips Kollari were lying about under an oak tree near the edge 

 of the wood, most of them split open so as to lay bare the central 

 cavity. Upon examination it was clear that some enemy with a bill 

 had done this, and the process could easily be made out. The bird 



