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Notes on the Foraminifera of the Faroe Channel and 

 Wyville Thomson Ridge, with a Description of a New 

 Species of Hyperammina. By Fred. G. Pearcey, of 

 H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. With one Plate [III.], 163 



Notes on the Turnstone, Strepsilas interpres, Lin. By 



William Craibe Angus, 180 



Notes on the Flora of the Island of Barra. By Alex. 



Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., - - 183 



Dredging off Portincross, Ayrshire. By Alex. Somerville, 



B.Sc, F.L.S., - - - 189 



On Parthenogenesis in the Hymenoptera. By P. Cameron, 



F.E.S., 194 



On the Occurrence on Ben Lawers of Arenetra pilosella, 

 Gr., a Genus of Ichneumoiiidce new to the British 

 Fauna. By P. Cameron, F.E.S., 202 



On a Monstrosity of the Common Earthworm, Lumbricus 



terrestris, L. By R. Broom, B.Sc, Glasgow University, 203 



Botanical Notes from Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbright- 

 shire. By James M 'Andrew, 207 



Jottings from My Note-Book. By David Robertson, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S. — 



On the Local Distribution of Pinnatida %)lwspliorea, 

 Lin., Virgularia mirabilis, Lam., and Pavon- 



aria quadrangular is, Pall., 211 



The Pike, Esox lucius, Lin., 212 



Isocardia cor, Lin., 215 



Hyas araneus, Lin., 216 



Stenorliynchus longirostris, Fabr., .... 218 

 On Some Differences Between the Marine Faunas 



of the Firth of Clyde and Firth of Forth, - 220 



The Cadzow Herd of White Cattle. By Robert Turner, 222 



Notes on Some of the Rarer Plants Occurring in the 



Valley of the Garnock. By J. Smith, .... 245 



A Contribution Towards a Neuropterous Fauna of Ireland. 



By James J. F. X. King, 269 



On the Occurrence in North Ayrshire of the Water 



Shrew and Otter. By D. A. Boyd, - - - - 293 

 Notes on the Land and Fresh- Water Mollusca of Iona. 



By Alex. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., - - - - 296 

 The Jay, Starling, and Kingfisher in Ayrshire. By 



David Landsborough, 298 



Notes on the Nepenthaceai, or Pitcher-plants. By George 



Russell, 303 



A Contribution to the Topographical Botany of the West 



of Scotland. By Peter Ewing, 309 



Report on Excursions, 1887, 322 



