CONTENTS. Vll 



Proceedings — continued. page 



On the Genus SUybura. By Dr. T. Beath Henderson, - - 284 

 On Didea alneti, Fallen, a rare Dipteron from Loch Lomond, 

 with Remarks on its Previous British Records. By 



Alexander Ross, 284 



Ranunculus auricomus, L., from Barwharrie, Ochiltree, - - 285 

 Poa Chaixii, Vill., from Auchendrane, ... . 285 



Abstract Statement of Accounts — Session 1905-1906, - 286 



Death of Rev. John Fergusson, LL.D,, Fearn, Brechin, - 287 



Occurrence at Finlayston of Amblystegium fluviatile, B. and S. , a 

 Moss new to Vice-County 76, and at Montgreenan of Otidea 

 leporina (Batsch) Fckl., a Fungus new to the Clyde Area, - 287 

 La Lautaret and its Plant Life. By Dr. Robert Brown, - 2S7 



Annual Business Meeting (Session 1907-1908), Reports, and 



Election of Office-Bearers, - - ... 290 



Report on Meeting of the British Association at Leicester. By 



" Peter Ewing, F.L.S., - - 292 



Remarks on Bitis gabonica, D. and B. , and B. nasicornis, Shaw, 

 two Species of Puff-adder from Rhodesia. By Dr. T. Beath 



Henderson, .- - - 292 



Occurrence of the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus, L.) near 



Kilmarnock, 292 



Water Betony (ScropJmlaria aquatica, L.) from Islay, - - 292 

 Nesting of the Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa atricapilla, L ) at 



Glendoune, Girvan, - - 293 



On the Occurrence near Port Ellen, Islay, of Eristalis sepul- 

 chralis, L., with Notes on English and Scottish Records of 

 the Species. By Alexander Ross, - - 293 



Occurrence of Meta menardi (Latr. ), Griihmum maritimum, L., 

 Beta maritime/,, L., and Ahnfeltia plicata, Fries, on the 

 Carrick Coast of Ayrshire, - - 294 



On the Present Position of the Local Collections in the Kelvin- 

 grove Museum. By Peter Macnair, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., - 294 

 Death of Lord Kelvin, 295 



On the Occurrence of the Cave Spider {Meta menardi, Latr.) 



near Dunure, Ayrshire. By John Smith, - 296 



Exhibition of Lantern-slides, - - - 296 



Death of Dr. Alexander Frew and E. A. L. Batters, LL.B., 



B.A.,F.L.S., 297 



Notes on Phoridai and other Diptera. By J. R. Malloch, 297 



Occurrence of Petromyzon marinus, L., at Uddingston, and 



Centrina salviani, Risso, in the North Sea, - 29s 



Lecture on the Pycnogonida, or Sea-spiders. Bj^ Professor 



Leonard A. L. King, M. A., - - 29S 



Proposed Public Exhibition of the Common Wild-Flowers of 



the District, 299 



