3 $2 The Scottish Naturalist. 



head. Legs grey-yellow, femora, tibia, and tarsi on outer sides 

 dark brown or black. Abdomen reddish- yellow, with a grey- 

 brown cross-stripe above on each segment but the last, and 

 yellowish-grey hairs on the hind margins of the segments, claspers 

 small, brownish. Length of body I mm., of wings 1*4 mm. 

 Female. Antenna; with joints 2+12, the two basal joints yellow-grey, the 

 others dark grey, unstalked, each with a ring of pale grey hairs, 

 last joint acorn-shaped, rather larger than the one next it. Thorax 

 on sides and below yellowish. Halteres yellowish, with reddish- 

 brown head. Abdomen flesh-red, with slight brownish cross- 

 bands on the upper surface of the segments. Ovipositor can be 

 much exserted, its first segment reddish-yellow, the rest yellowish. 

 All else as in the male. Length of body 1*25 mm., of win^s 

 1 '5 mm. 



OEYPTOGAMIC SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. 



THE fourteenth Annual Conference of this Society was held 

 on the 1 2th and 13th ult. at Inverary, under the presi- 

 dency of the Duke of Argyll. There was a good muster of 

 members, and the meeting proved a most successful one. 



Our old friend, Mr. William Phillips, whose recent work on 

 " British Discomycetes " has brought him well-merited fame, was 

 again with us, and the members had the pleasure of welcoming 

 for th e first time Dr. Carlyle from Carlisle. 



As we propose publishing in due course detailed results of the 

 Conference, which will ultimately be in the hands of members in 

 the form of Transactions, our present notice may be limited to a 

 brief account of the meeting. The writer will prepare a report on 

 the Fungi of Inverary, in which he will have the assistance of Mr. 

 Phillips, who made collections in his special department, and of 

 Professor J. W. H. Trail, whose work among the Micro-fungi has 

 already yielded most valuable results. From collections made by 

 both the latter at Inverary good results may be anticipated. 



The meetings of the Society were held in the Castle Pavilion, a 

 spacious building originally erected for the home-coming of the 

 Marquis and (Princess Louise) Marchioness of Lome. A large 

 collection of Hymenomycetes made by direction of the Duke, under 

 the superintendence of Mr. Wyllie (Chamberlain), was laid out 

 for examination, and for public inspection. Dr. Macmillan of 



