No. XXIX. 



JANUARY 1878, 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



A QUARTERLY 



Edited by F. BUCHANAN, WHITE, M.D, F.L.S. 



CONTENTS. 



. Second page of wrapper 



Editorial Note, 



Zoology- 

 Glen Tilt ; its P'auna and Flora, — Editor, iSi 



The Lepidopteia of INIoncreiffe Hill, — Sir T. MoNCREiFFE, Bart., 191 

 Anecdote of the Manx Puffin of the Dardanelles, — J. H. Gurney, jun., 



F.Z.S.-, . ... . 19S 



Gynandromorphism in the Honey-bee, — W. Flett, .... 199 



A Deceived Bee, — Horace Skeete, 199 



Acronycta Myricae not a distinct species, — Editor, . . -199 



Colias Edusa, — J. M 'Andrew, 199 



Sphinx Convolvuli in Fife,— J. T. BoswELL, LL.D., F.L.S., . . 199 



Phytology— 



On certain Lichens belonging to the genus Parmelia, — J. Stirton, 



M.D., F.L.S., 200 



Scottish Galls (C(7;z/m«£'^),— Professor J. W. H. Trail, . . 203 



Note on Mnium punctatum, var. elatum, — Rev. J. Fergusson, . 207 

 Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, . . . . . .215 



Geology— 



The Gold- Field. and Gold-Diggings of Crawford-Lindsay (Lanarkshire);, 



—Dr Lauder Lindsay, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., . 20S 



Heviews, 214 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Lepidoptera of Scotland, — Editor, 216 



The Coleoptera of Scotland, — D. Sharp, M.B 223 



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