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(December). The Mole (Talpa europcea), by J. E. Harting, gives an 

 excellent life history and plate of this curious quadruped, with full details of 

 its distribution in Britain. Wild White Cattle in South-Western 

 Scotland, by Robert Service, notes herds that formerly existed at Ardrossan, 

 Drumlanrig, and Cally. Breeding of the Tufted Duck in Aber- 

 deenshire, by William Evans, records a nest found at Loch of Park in 

 June; and in an editorial note Mr. Harting adds: "I could name many 

 localities in Scotland where it is now quite common." 



JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, 1886 {July). Some Prelimi- 

 nary Notes on the Land and Fresh- Water Mollusca about 

 Tarbert, Loch Fyne, by Thomas Scott, includes list of all the species and 

 varieties observed in the course of a year. At the meeting of the Concholo- 

 gical Society on ist April, specimens of Limax Icevis, Pv,pa ring ens, and two 

 or three others of the rarer mollusca were exhibited from Tarbert. 



18S7 {January). At the meeting of 2nd September were exhibited Helix 

 nemoralis var. carnea from Foyers, Loch Ness, Amalia gagates from Leven 

 Hall, in Midlothian, Helix fusca and H. sericea from Skelmorlie in Ayrshire, 

 and Zua lubrica var. viridula from Dunoon. At the meeting on 4th November, 

 Planorbis nautileus from Lanarkshire was exhibited. 



(April). Some Conchological Notes of a Visit to Fifeshire, 

 N.B., by Thomas Scott. Lindores Loch was found productive of several 

 species, of which a list is given, among them Limncea peregra var. lacustris. 

 Notes on the Limna^idse, L. peregra var. Burnetti, by William 

 Nelson (from Loch Skene, Dumfriesshire). Colonizing Land and 

 Fresh- water Shells in East Sutherland, by William Baillie. Near 

 Brora the writer has introduced Helix virgata and Bulimus acutus from Lland- 

 dudno, Clausilia parvula from Normandy, Helix pisana, B. cantiana, H. 

 rufescens, Clausilia iaminata, and Gyclostoma elegans. The hrst three are 

 doing best as colonists. Limncea stagnalis seems to have failed as such. 



October. (published 12th Nov.) Conchological Notes, from the 

 neighbourhood of Greenock, by Thomas Scott, includes notes on the "nests" 

 of Helix aspersa, H. nemoralis, Arion ater t Limax agrestis, and L. Jlavus ; 

 and on Shell-growth in Helix arbustorum. 



ENTOMOLOGIST'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 1887 (July.) 

 Variation in Scoparia ingratella ; and remarks on S. ambig- 

 ualis and S. atomalis, by J. W. Tutt, notes that S. a?nbigualis had been 

 received by the writer from Shetland (under the name S. atomaliz), and that 

 he has specimens also from Glasgow and Paisley. (August.) On certain 

 species of Coleoptera new to Britain, or reinstated, by Rev. W. 

 W. Fowler, describes several species, among them Bythinus validus Aube 

 from several scotch localities, and Menophthalma (Corticaria) similata Gyll., 

 from Braemar,the large dark variety. Lobesia permixtana or reliquana ; 

 its synonymy and habits, by H. T. Stainton. Both names were given 

 by Hubner to the same insect. Mr. Stainton records it from Larbert in 

 Srirling, and from Pitlochry. 



