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male of Neniahis imllescens, Hartig, and the chalcid, Calypso com- 

 pressiis, Foerster, from Milngavie. 



Mr Cameron also exhibited some male individuals of an ant 

 (Leptoihorax acervonnn), which he had found on the top of Ben 

 Lawers during the Society's excursion to that place last July, this 

 being a strange habitat for the species, which is generally found 

 making its nest under the bark of pine stumps. No females or 

 workers were found, nor any indication of a nest on the mountain, 

 where there were certainly no tree stumps, and it was suggested 

 that they had been blown up to the situation in which they were 

 found by a gust of wind. He at the same time mentioned having 

 caught a hive bee on the top of Ben Lawers, and on a neighbour- 

 ing mountain in Eannoch under a stone in June, two specimens of 

 Zicrona coendea, at an elevation of 1500 feet — this being also an 

 agrestal species. ("Taken flying in woods in the spring," "in 

 moss in winter," " among heather in April, May, and October." 

 Douglas and Scott, Brit. Hemip., I., p. 88). 



Mr Robert Hill, corresponding member, exhibited a number of 

 objects of interest from Berbice, British Guiana, including several 

 species of fungi, specimens of a very large frog, and of the great 

 beetle, Scamhaeus herciiles, which has a proboscis of nearly three 

 inches in length. Mr John Young made a few remarks on the 

 specimens. 



Mr Archibald Robertson showed a specimen of limestone from 

 Odessa, containing a large number of small organisms, which Mr 

 Young stated was of Eocene age, and corresponded with the 

 nummulitic limestone so widely distributed over the East. 



Mr T. S. Hutcheson brought forward the nest of a species of 

 pipet from Calcutta, which was of a large size, being composed of 

 dry grass, and substantially put together. They are found 

 hanging from trees, with an opening in the bottom, through 

 which the bird enters to reach the interior. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. — On the results of some Experiments on the Leaves of various Trees 

 and Shrubs. By Mr James Napier. 



A few years ago, when examining some newly-developed leaves 

 of trees, I was much impressed with the fine soft velvety feel 

 they had compared with leaves in autumn. Thinking it probable 

 the cause was in some difference in their composition at these two 



