No. XII.] OCTOBER, 1873. [Vol. II. 



' ' Time's glory is 

 To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light.'' 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



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



CONTENTS: 

 Zoology— ^age- 



On a porpoise with intermediate teeth-like bodies (with a plate), — 



R. Walker, F.s.g.E., - - - - ' - 144 



Polarity in the Geological Distribution of Genera and its Cause — 



( concluded) —Rev. }. Wardkop, - - - 149 



Notes from Kelso,— Andrew Brotherston, - - 155 

 The Squirrel Insectivorous,— W. C. M'IntosH, M.D., F.R.S.E., 



F.L.S, 155 



White Blackbirds,— C. M'Intosh, 155 



Long- eared Owl,— C. Stratton, ----- 155 

 Echinorhynchus spinosus on the Aberdeenshire coast, —J. W. H. 



Traill, M.A., - - - - - 155 



What is Trichiurus lepturus Hoy?— D. Sharp, M.B., - - 156 



Examination of a Male Kelt,— Dr. M'Intosh, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., 156 

 Memoirs on Scottish Tenthredinidas,— No. III.— P. Cameron, Junr., 113 



Saw-fly Larvae and Ichneumons, — Id., - 160 



Note on larva of Synergus, — Id. , ----- 161 



Hadena assimilis in Inverness-shire, — N. Cooke, - - 162 



,, ,, in Perthshire, — F. Buchanan White, - 162 



Pachnobia alpina in Braemar, — J. S. Allin, ... 162 



1 richiura crataegi. — W. Tait, ----- 162 



Lepidopteraof Sutherland,— J. W. H. Traill, M. A., - - 163 



Helix ericetorum in Sutherland, — Id., ... - 163 



Vanessa antiopa,— F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., - 163 



List of Scottish Land and Fresh -water Mollusca, — Id. - - 163 



Phytology— 



Scottish Galls,— J. W. H. Traill, M.A., - - - 170 



New British Moss,— Rev. J. Fergusson, M.A., - - - 173 



Anacalypta latifolia, — Id., ----- 173 



New British Fungus, — Id., ------ 173 



Clavarias of New Pitsligo, —Id., ----- 174 



Centaurea Scabiosa in Sutherland,— J. W. H. Traill, M.A., - 175 



Botanical Notes,— F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., - 175 



Various Notes, -------- 176 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Lepidopteraof Scotland,— F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 177 



The Coleoptera of Scotland,— D. Sharp, M.B., < - 185 



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