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Biological Notes, by P. Cameron (pp. 295-304). The author 

 mentions Mitegalls on Pyrus Aria from Glenlyon, on 

 Artemisia vulgaris from Cambuslang, and on Sedum Rhodiola 

 from Scuir of Eigg ; galls of Lasioptera juniperina on Juni 

 perus nana from Scuir of Eigg, of a Cecidomyia in swollen 

 stems of Rosa spinosissima from the Ayrshire coast, and pro- 

 ably of Aulax (?) on Lathyrus macrorrhizus from near King- 

 horn in Fife. Excessive abundance of the galls of species of 

 Neuroterus in Clydesdale in autumn, 1884, is remarked. 

 Fungoid galls are noted as found in the West of Scotland on 

 Rhododendron ferrugineum (due to Exobasidium), on Juncus 

 squarrosus, and J. idiginosus (due to Entorrhiza cypericola), 

 and on Ruppia rostellata (due to Tetramyxa parasitica). Mr. 

 Cameron notes a female Acilius fasciatus with smooth elytra, 

 abundance of Heliothrip>s Adonidum in hot-houses, white 

 Gammarus Pulex in Mull, and four new species of Scotch 

 Belyta. 



Meteorological Notes for 1885, and Remarks on the 

 State of Vegetation in the Public Parks of Glas- 

 gow, by D. M'Lellan (pp. 305-311). 



The Decapod and Schizopod Crustacea of the Firth of 



Clyde, by J. R. Henderson (pp. 315-354), is a valuable 

 article, based on the work of previous investigators, supple- 

 mented by dredgings made in March, July, and August, 1885, 

 in the Firth, in connection with the Granton Marine Station. 

 It includes numerous new records, five being species new to 

 Britain. A complete list of the species of the West of Scot- 

 land, and also of the other British coasts, to contrast with the 

 former, follows the introductory remarks, and the paper is 

 rendered more complete by notes of localities, &c, with regard 

 to numerous individual species. Mr. J. F. X. King, in his 



Notes on the Neuroptera of Rothiemurchus and 

 Kingussie (pp. 354-365), enumerates all the species taken 

 by him in that district. These include about an eighth of the 

 Dragon-flies, one-third of the May-flies, and one-half of the 

 other British Neuroptera, collected during about fifteen weeks 

 in summer. On some Forms of Sphagna found in 

 the Glen kens, Kirkcudbrightshire, by James M 'An- 

 drew (pp. 366-368), relates to a very large number of the 

 British species, found in a limited area. Natural History 

 Notes from Tarbert, by James Scott (pp. 369-378), refers 



