No. XXXIII. JANUARY 1879. 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALISL, 



A QUARTERLY 



Edited by R BUCHANAN WHITE, :^I.I)., ^^ 



CONTENTS. 



Geology- 

 Discovery of an Ancient Canoe in the Old Alluvium of the Toy at Perth, 



— J. Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., i 



Phytology— 



Supplementary list of Fungi found within the Province of Moray 



{continued), — Rev. J. Keith, A.M., . . . . . . S 



Descriptions of New Scottish Lichens, — J. Stirton, M.D., F.L. S., . i6 



Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, ....... 17 



Report on the Scientific Portion of the Cryptogamic Society's late 



Exhibition, — Rev. J. Stevenson, 20 



Zoology — 



The Lepidoptera of Moncreiffe Hill (continued), — Sir T. Moncreiffe, 



Bart., 24 



The Natural History of Gall Insects (extract), ..... 27 

 Occurrence of Deiopeia pulchella in Scotland, — Sir T. Moncreiffe, 



Bart., 36 



Capture of Larvae of Acherontia atropos,— T. M.\RSHALL, ... 36 



Esquimaux Curlew, — George Sim, ....... 36 



Stock-Dove Breeding in Scotland,— A. B. Brooke, .... 36 



Revie-w^s— 



Transactions of the Natural History Society of Aberdeen, 1878, . . 37 

 Proceedings ofthe Natural History Society of Glasgow, Vol. III., Part III., 38 



Inseeta Scotica — 



The Lepidoptera of Scotland, — Editor, ...... 39 



The Coleoptera of Scotland, — D. Sharp, M.B., . . . . , 44 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH, 



AND 37 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 



John Smith & Son, Glasgow ; Lewis Smith, Aberdeen ; John Christie, Perth 

 W. KiDD, Dlndee; G. Walker, Montrose; J. Cook & Son, St Ani^rews ; 

 J. & J. H. Rutherfurd, Kelso ; R. S. Shearer, Stirling ; 

 W. M. Dick, Ayr ; John Anderson & Son, Du.mfries. 



PRICE ONE SHILLING AND TWOPENCE 



