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her 1900). A list of 40 species taken in Scotland during the last 

 six or seven years. 



CRABRO CARBONARIUS, DAHLB. : AN ADDITION TO THE BRITISH 

 LIST. By Edward Saunders, F.L.S. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. xi. p. 

 227 (October 1900). A male taken by Colonel Yerbury at Avie- 

 more, 28th June. 



VESPA AUSTRIACA IN SCOTLAND. J. R. Malloch. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. (2), vol. xi. p. 264 (November 1900). Refers to an old 

 record for Glasgow, and to recent occurences at Bonhill and Lin- 

 wood in the Clyde district. 



VESPA AUSTRIACA, PANZ., IN SCOTLAND. William Evans. Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. (2), vol. xi. p. 243 (October 1900). Recorded from 

 Drumshoreland, West Lothian, and Tynehead, Mid-Lothian. 



ANDRENA LAPPONICA, ZETT., IN SCOTLAND. William Evans. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. xi. p. 243 (October 1900). A colony 

 discovered on 26th May near Balerno, and a specimen captured on 

 loth July near Kirknewton. 



TIPULID^E IN INVERNESS-SHIRE. By Robert Henderson. Ann. 

 Andersonian Nat. Soc., vol. ii. pt. ii. (1900) pp. 114-116. Fifty- 

 seven species are recorded. 



A NEW BRITISH ANTHOMYIA. By Percy H. Grimshaw, F.E.S. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. xi. p. 252 (November 1900). A male 

 Hyetodesia aculeipes, Zett, captured by the late Mr. George W. Ord 

 at Strathblane, igth June 1899. 



CHORTOPHILA BUCCATA PARASITIC (?) ON ANDRENA. William 

 Evans. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. xi. p. 240 (October 1900). Flies 

 of this species observed attacking the bees in an old quarry near 



Edinburgh. 



BOTANY. 



EXCURSIONS OF THE SCOTTISH ALPINE BOTANICAL CLUB. By 



William Craig, M.D., etc. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., xxi. pp. 270-277. 



Some of the most interesting plants found in past years are 



enumerated, and the rediscovery of Saxifraga ccespitosa on Ben 



Avon by Dr. Paul in July 1899 is recorded. 



RANUNCULUS ACER, L. By Frederick Townsend, M.A., F.L.S. 

 Joiirn. Bot. 1900, pp. 379-383. Discusses fully the forms met 

 with in Britain, and their distribution. 



ARTEMISIA STELLERIANA, BESS., IN SCOTLAND. By G. C. 

 Driice, M.A., F.L.S. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., xxi. pp. 307-313. 

 One specimen found in August 1899 among E/ymits, Psanima, 

 and Thalictrum dunense on a sand dune at Lunan Bay, Forfar- 

 shire. 



