IV CONTENTS. 



Proceedings — Continued — page 



Gift of Professor King's Collection of Scientific Books, - - 132 

 Angrcecum s&squiptdale, Thow. By J. B. Mirrlees and G. F. 



Scott Elliot, M. A., B.Sc, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., - - - 134 

 The Trap-door Spider {Cteniza ccementaria^ Latr.). By Rev. 



G. A. Frank Knight, M.A., 135 



Ayrshire Coleoptera. By Anderson Fergusson, - - - 136 



Baillon's Crake [Porzana bailloni, Vieill.) in Renfrewshire. By 



John Paterson, - - 137 



Stirlingshire Sphagnacepe. By Colonel J. S. Stirling and Robert 



Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., 138 



Rare Renfrewshire Flowering Plants. By Robert S. Houston, 139 

 Lecture on " The Greater Depths of the Ocean." By Dr. John 



Murray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c., 140 



Garden Slugs at Work. By R. S. Wishart, M.A., - - - 143 

 Section of Beech Tree with Initials near Heart-wood. By 



C. Sherry, 145 ^ 



Lemanea Jluviatilis, Agardh, a fresh-water alga from Bardrain 



Glen, Renfrewshire. By S. M. Wellwood, - ... 146 

 Sharks' Fossil Teeth from Algeria. By John Renwick, - - 147 

 Cynomyia alpina, Ztt., a rare Dipteron from Barr, Ayrshire. By 



Anderson Fergusson, 148 



A Bute Heronry which has recently ceased to exist. By Robert 



H. Read, M.B.O.U., Corresponding Member, - - - 148 

 Skull of a Hare and Lower Jaw of a Boar, illustrating the law 



of growth in the teeth, 149 



On the Altered Status of the Characteristic Plants of Ben 



Lawers. By Peter Ewing, F.L.S., 149 



Fungi from Cadder Wilderness, the Botanic Gardens, and 



Kelvingrove Park, By William Stewart, - - - - 150 

 Abstract Statement of Accounts — Session 1895-96, - - - 151 

 Transactions — 



Notes on the Micro-fauna of Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde. By 



Thomas Scott, F.L.S., Corresponding Member, ■ - - 153 

 Micro-fungi observed near Kilmarnock, Aja^shire. By D. A. 



Boyd, 159 



Additional Notes on the Peronosporese and Ustilaginese of North 



Ayrshire. By D. A. Boyd, -...-. 161 



Meteorological Notes, and Remarks upon the Weather during 



the Year 1897, with its General Effects upon Vegetation, 



By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow, - 163 

 Note on China Grass. By G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc, 



F.L.S., F.R.G.S., 179 



Observations on some Morphological Abnormalities in the 



Tomato. By S. M. Wellwood. With a Plate [IL], - - 181 

 Occurrence of Sirex gigas, Linn., in Bute and Arran. By J. 



Ballantyne, Rothesay, » 187 



