No. XIII. 



JANUARY, 1874. 



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SCOTTISH NATURAL 



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



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Address to our Readers, - - - - - - 2 of cover. 



Zoology— 



On the occurrence of the Bonito at St. Andrews, — R. Walker, F.G. S.E., 193 



Memoirs on Scottish Tenthredinidse, — Nos. IV. & V., — P. Cameron, junr., 196 



Diptera in Braemar, &c, including 6 new British species, — G. H. Verrall, 199 



Nematus Wttewaalli Voll. , a Saw-fly new to Britain, — P. Cameron, junr. , 202 



Capture of Leioptolus brachydactylus, — Sir T. Moncreiffe, Bart, - 203 



Capture of Hypennecia augustana, — F. Buchanan White, M. D m F. L. S. , 203 



Hallesus auricollis and other Neuroptera, — Id., .... 203 



Lepidoptera at Ardrishaig, — H. Tenner Fust, junr., - - - 203 



Syrphidae of the Dee district, — W. A. Vice, 203 



Coleoptera in Orkney, — J. Boswell Syme, L.L.D., F.L. S., - - 204 



Melolontha vulgaris, — Id., ........ 204 



The Little Bustard in Aberdeenshire, — George Sim, - - - 204 



Variety of the Rook, — James Lumsden, junr. 204 



Osprey, — Andrew Brotherston, 205 



Variety of Hedge Sparrow, — Id., 205 



List of Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Scotland (concluded), — 



F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L. S., 205 



Phytology— 



The Fungi of Morayshire, — Rev. J. Keith, M. A., .... 210 



Poa sudetica, — A Brotherston, 217 



Description of a new Fungus (Vibrissea Margarita Buchanan White), — 



F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 218 



Onobrychis sativa as a Forfarshire plant, — J. Roy, - - - - 218 



Geology- 

 Trap Rocks,— F. R. Smith, 219 



Various Notes, ........... 222 



The Magazines, 223 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Lepidoptera of Scotland, — F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 2255 



The Coleoptera of Scotland, — D. Sharp, M.B. .... 233 



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