No. XXVIII. 



OCTOBER, 1877. 



Vol. 'IV 



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SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Edited by P. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S. 



CONTENTS. 



ZoolOgry— Page 



Q\\^\\gc'x'i\o\\( Continued), — Colonel Drummond Hay, C.M.Z. S., - 133 

 The Lepidoptera of Moncreiffe Hill (Continued), — Sir T. Moncreiffe, 



Bart., 144 



Does Alternation of Generations or Dimorphism occur in the European 



Cynipidze? — P. Camekon, 152 



Further Notes on the Species of Oporabia, — Dr. F. BUCHANAN 



White, M.D., F.L.S., 158 



Colias Edusa in Orkney — W. Tait, 160 



,, ,, South- West of Scotland, — W. D. RoBiNSON-DouGLAS, 



B.A., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., 160 



Mustek Erminea, — ^James M 'Andrew, i6o 



Note on the Zoology and Botany of Glen Tilt, — Editor, - - - 160 



Phytology— 



Descriptions of New Lichens, — ^James Stirton, M.D., P\L.S., - - 164 



Scottish Galls,— Professor Trail, M. A., M.B., F.L.S. , - - - 168 



Berteroa incana, — Rev. W. Herdman, 170 



Bog-Mosses, — John Sim, - - - - 170 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Lepidoptera of Scotland, — F. Buchanan White, M.D,, F.L.S., 173 



The Coleoptera of Scotland, — D. Sharp, M.B,, - - - - - 176 



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