324 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



349, 27 ; Sapholytus apicalis, Foerster, Verh., z. b., Ges. Wien, 

 1872, 337. Bred from galls oi Andricus noduli, found in Gadder 

 Wilderness. 



Tetrarhoptera 4:-toma — Kleidotoma 4:-toma, Thomson, Ofv., 1861, 

 399, 8. Single specimens taken at Milngavie, Gadder, and Paisley. 



Pentacrita 5-toma — Kleidotoma 5 -^oma, Thomson, I. c, 398, 6. One 

 example, taken near Paisley. 



Pentacrita albipennis — Kleid. albipennis, Thomson, /. c, 399, 7. 



y^gilijjs subulifera, Thomson, /. c, 412, 1. Taken in Strath 

 Glass. 



^gilijjs abieiina, Thomson, I. c, 412, 2. Taken in same locality 

 as the last. This species may be ^E. armata, Giraud. 



I am a little dubious about my determination of the two last 

 species, yet I cannot make them out to be anything else, nor 

 can the Rev. T. A. Marshall The species are in a rather con- 

 fused state. 



11.— On the Anatomical Structure of the JVings of Birds. 

 By Dr David N. Knox. 



This interesting and instructive paper was illustrated by draw- 

 ings, anatomical preparations, and dissections of the wing of the 

 Woodcock. At its close the Ghairman said that the Society was 

 indebted to Dr Knox for the care he had bestowed in the prepa- 

 ration of his paper, and for the excellent way in which he had 

 treated a very difficult subject. He was glad to learn that this 

 was the first of a series of papers to be followed up by Dr Knox 

 at subsequent meetings of the Society. 



III. — Notes on the state of Vegetation in the Public Parks during 

 January, 1875, as compared with the corresponding month in 1874. 

 By Mr Duncan M'Lellan, Superintendent of Parks. 



He stated that in the early jDart of this winter very severe 

 weather was experienced; but, as the fibre and wood of the shrubs 

 and plants had been fully ripened last season, vegetation did not 

 suffer so severely as might have been expected. At the sftme time, 

 such "^Ximis SiS Escallonia maeraniha, Euonymus japonicus, Viburnum 

 tinus, and Ligustrum ovalifulium, suffered more or less in the 

 foliage. All plants covered by the snow were found perfectly 

 safe after the severe frost. It is worthy of remark that in January 

 of this year there were only five species of plants in flower in the 



