No. XVIII. 



APRIL, 1875. 



Vol. III. 



" Time's glory is 

 To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light. 



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SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



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



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C O N TEXT S. 

 Geology— 



On Clays containing Ophiolepis gracilis, etc., near St. Andrews, 

 Robert Walker, F.G.S.E., 



Auriferous Quartzites of Scotland,- — Dr. Lauder Lindsay, F. R. S.E., 



Zoology- 

 Illustrations of Animal Reason (continued), — Id., - 

 Captures of Lepidoptera near Edinburgh in 1874, — W. A. Forbes, 

 Hadena glauca in Tweed, — A. Kelly, .--... 



Little Gull,— G. Sim, 



Outline Descriptions of British Coleoptera {continued), — Rev. Thos. 

 Blackburn, B.A., - 



Phytology— 



Edible Wild Fruits of Scotland,- — F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S. 

 Recently described Scottish Fungi, ---.... 



A Scottish Cryptogamic Society and Fungus Show, -- - - - 



Potamogeton polygonifolius, yar. linearis, — A. Brotherston, - 

 Ulleriore, -,--------- 



Correction — Pyrola minor (altitude) and Anthriscus abortivus, 

 Bryological Notes, — Rev. J. Fergusson, M.A., - - - - - 



Botanico-geology, -'.-.:-.--- - 



Insecta Scotica— 



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

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



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