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Leiopus nebulosus, L. — This was obtained by Mr. Murphy 

 between Craigallion and Blanefield in August, 1906. It is rather 

 interesting to find that Mr. G. A. Hardy, one of the members of 

 the Society, took this rare species at Dumfin in August, 1907. 

 These are the only two known records for the Clyde Area. The 

 beetle is one of the Longicornes, and the larva, like those of all 

 this group, is a wood-borer. It is found where its food-stuff 

 abounds. In Scotland it is not rare in the East, as it has been 

 recorded from woods near Edinburgh, Dalkeith Park, Roslin, and 

 Berwickshire ; while Mr. Murphy has also taken it at Rannoch. 

 The head is vertical, flattened in front, and provided with a pair 

 of long antennae, which, when examined, are seen to present a 

 ringed appearance, as the apical portion of each joint is dark- 

 coloured, while the basal portion is pale-yellowish. The abdomen 

 is long, and is well marked with dull whitish patches. 



Mr. John Thomson exhibited a specimen of Bactrod dema 

 tiarata. Stal., a stick-insect, from Rhodesia, being the so-called 

 " Kaffir-god " of the natives. 



Mr. Johnston Shearer showed specimens of Goat's-beard 

 (Tragopogon pratense. L.) from Hundred-acre Park, one of the 

 stations mentioned for the plant in Hennedy's Clydesdale Flora. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., exhibited and described (p. 237) two 

 forms of Carex, which he considered well worthy of recognition. 

 These he had named Carex saxatilis, L., f. intermedia, and C. 

 saxatilis, L., f. glomerafa. For comparison, he also exhibited 

 a series of specimens illustrative of Carex vesicaria, L., C. saxatilis, 

 L., and C. atrata, L., and their various forms. 



Mr. John R. Lee showed sections of the leaves of Polytrichum, 

 and read some notes descriptive of their structural features 

 (page 186). 



Mr. D. A. Boyd showed specimens of Bryura Duvalii, Voit., 

 from the Parish of Crawford, Lanarkshire, and read some notes 

 regarding the same (page 218). 



Mr. Robert Garry, B.Sc, exhibited specimens of several species 

 of Fresh-water Algse, including Microthamnion Kiitzingianum, 

 Nag., from Ailsa Craig; Spirotwnia condensata, Breb , from 

 Balmaha ; and Desmidium Swartzii (*?). Ag., from Milngavie. 



Mr. D. A. Bovd submitted a List of Uredinese which occur as 

 parasites on stems and leaves of plants within the Clyde Area. 



