No. XXI. JANUARY, 1876. 



To unmask falsehood and bring truth to . 



JLufuBRAHY 



&« 



THE X/s», 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



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



CONTEXTS. 



Phytology— Page 



Notes on Ergot, — A. Stephen Wilson, F.C.S.S., .... 185 



On Rare or Probable Scottish Fungi, — M. C. Cooke, M.A., LL.D., - 190 



Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, ..... . 196 



Naias flexilis in Perthshire, — A. Sturrock, 198 



New Scottish Fungi, 199 



Bryological Notes, — Rev. J. FERGUSSON, M.A., F.C.S.S., - - 203 



Manual of Bryology, — Id., ........ 203 



Zoology- 

 Animal Psychosis (continued), — Rev. J. Wardrop, .... 204 

 Illustrations of Animal Reason (continued), — Dr. Lauder Lindsay, 



F.R.S.E., F.L. S., .... -l . . - 212 



Common Swallow, — A. Murdoch ....... 218 



Outline Descriptions of British Coieoptera (continued), — Rev. Thos. 



Blackburn, B.A., - 219 



Gonepteryx rhamni in Fifeshire, — Owen Wilson, F. L. S. , - - - 226 



Various Notes, - ...... 226 



« 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Lepidoptera of Scotland, — F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L. S., 227 



The Coieoptera of Scotland, — D. Sharp, M.B., ..... 231 



PERTH: 



Perthshire Society of Natural Science. 



Edinburgh : MacLachlan & Stewart, South Bridge. 



Aberdeen : J. Wilson, Castle Street. 



London: E. W. Janson, 28 Museum Street, W.C. 



Paris: E. Deyrolle, 23 Rue de la Monnaie. 



SAMUEL CoWAN AND CO., STRATHMoRE PRINTING WORKS, PERTH. 



