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pidula Zett. at Pitlochry, by Mr. A. Beaumont ; thus bringing its range ten 

 degrees south of any previous record ; Mr. Edwards says that it " may always 

 be distinguished from T. subfuscula, the most nearly allied British species, by 

 its greenish-yellow ground-colour, even when the dark markings on the elytra 

 are obsolete or entirely wanting." "Captures in North Uist and St, Kilda," 

 by C. W. Dale gives a list of insects taken by him during a visit to these islands 



last June. 



JOURNAL OF BOTANY.— (January, 1884, pp. 1-5)— "Notes on the 

 British Characeee for 1883," by Henry & James Groves, contain the infor- 

 mation accumulated by the authors during the year, in regard to the distribution 

 of these plants in the British islands. The notes relating to Scotland are as 

 follows:--" From the following (counties and subcounties) we are still without 

 a record : — Wigton, Ayr, Renfrew, Lanark, Selkirk, Linlithgow, Kincardine, 

 Aberdeen N., Banff, Westerness, Dumbarton, Cantyre, EbudesM.S.and N., Ross 

 E. and W., and Hebrides. We shall be especially glad of specimens, or even 

 the loan of specimens, from these counties." The special records for Scotland 

 are . — Chara fragilis Desv. Fife, Elgin, Argyle ; var. barbata Caithness ; var. 

 ■capillacea Perth M. and E. ; var. Hedwigii Roxburgh, Perth E., Forfar; 

 var. delicatula Perth M. and E., Argyle; var. Siurrockii, Perth E. ; 

 Ch. aspera IVilld. Perth E. in Ardblair Loch, Caithness in Walter Loch ; 

 var. subinermis Perth E. near Blairgowrie, Orkney in Loch of Harray ; 

 <Dh. polyacantha Braun Kirkcudbright on Caldock Moor ; Ch. hispida L. 

 Elgin (a form near var. rudis), Sutherland W. ; var. rudis Perth E. near 

 Blairgowrie, Easterness in Loch Brodie ; Ch. vulgaris Perth E. ; var. longi- 

 bracteata Perth E. (a very small form), Forfar ; var. atrovirens Forfar ; Toly- 

 pella glomerata Leonh. Sands of Barrie in Forfarshire; Nitella translucens 

 A<j. Aberdeen S. in Kinnord (not Kinnaird) Loch ; N. opaca Ag. Peebles, 

 Perth E., Argyle, Orkney ; a specimen of this plant was gathered by the Rev. 

 E. F. Linton, near Killin, Mid Perth, at the extraordinary elevation of between 

 3,100 and 3,300 feet above the sea-level. 



THE GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE (January, 1884).— "On a new fossil 

 Shark (Ctenacattfhtts costellatus), from the Lower Carboniferous rocks 

 of Eskdale, Dumfries-shire," and "Description of a new species of 

 fish {Elonichthys orthohpis), from the Lower Carboniferous rocks of 

 Eskdale, Dumfries-shire," by Dr. R. H. Traquair. "On the denticulated 

 structure of the Hinge-line of Spirifera trigonalis Martin," by John 

 Young, F.G. S., made out from shells from the Lower Carboniferous strata of 

 Lanarkshire (February). "On the Causes of Changes of Climate from 

 Warm to Cold, and Cold to Warm, during long periods, and also of 

 Coincident Changes of the Fauna and Flora," by John Gunn, M. A. 

 (read before the British Association at Southport) ; "Notice of New Fish 

 Remains from the Blackband Ironstone of Borough Lee, near Edin- 

 burgh, No. 5 (Aganacanlhus striatulas n. gen. and sp.), by Dr. Traquair. 



Notice to Correspondents. — Communications, either longer articles or 

 notes on all branches of the Botany, Zoology, and Geology of Scotland, or 

 bearing upon these sciences, are solicited. Contributors will oblige by sending 

 their communications, clearly written on one side of the paper only, to the 

 Editor, Professor Trail, M. D., Kent Cottage, King Street Road, Aberdeen, 

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 be returned, the writer will oblige by stating the wish when the MS. is sent to 

 the Editor, who will not, however, hold himself responsible for MS. in any 

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