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Notes on British Lepidoptera. By Richard South. The 

 Entomologist, xxv. pp. 86-90 (April 1892) ; pp. 1 1 1-1 14 (May 1892); 

 and pp. 134-138 (June 1892). — Some Scottish specimens and forms 

 of the genus Melanippe noted and described. 



On some Maero-Lepidoptera collected at Rannoeh in 1891. 



By Robert Adkin, F.E.S. The Entomologist, Vol. xxv. (May 

 1892), pp. 105-110. — No new species for the district are enumer- 

 ated ; but some interesting remarks are made. 



Collecting [in Aberdeenshire. Wm. Reid. The Entomologist, 

 Vol. xxv. pp. 123-124. — Experiences with Lepidoptera during the 

 severe weather of the early spring. 



Variation in Lepidoptera in Aberdeenshire. Wm. Reid. 

 Entomologist's Record, Vol. iii. No. 6 (June 1892), p. 125. — 

 Variation in Hadena adusta and Phigalia pedaria. 



[Scottish Crambi.] Wm. Ried. Etitomologisf s Record, Vol. 

 iii. No. 6 (June 1892), p. 141. — Crambus prsetellus, C. dumetellus, 

 C. ericellus, C. furcatellus, C. margaritellus, C. myellus, C. pine- 

 tellus, C. perlellus, C. tristellus, C. cumellus, and C. hortuellus, 

 with their haunts. 



Annotated List of British Taehiniidae. By R. H. Meade. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), Vol. iii. (May 1892), p. 130. — Masicera rutila 

 recorded for Elgin. 



British Sehizopoda of the Families Lophogastridse andEuphan- 

 siidse. By the Rev. Cannon A. M. Norman, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., 

 etc. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), Vol. ix. No. 54 (June 1892). 

 — Enumerates the habitats of the Scottish species. 



BOTANY. 



The Dispersion of Seeds and Spores. Part ii. By Alex. 

 Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. (Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, N. Ser. III. 

 Part ii. 1892.) 



Additional Notes on the Flora of Wigtownshire, with Notes on 

 Moffat and Kirkcudbrightshire Plants. By James M'Andrew. — 



Includes a number of additions to the county records of flowering 

 plants. (Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, N. Ser. III., Part ii. 

 1892.) 



Second Contribution to the Topographical Botany of the West 

 of Scotland (read 20th December [889), and Third Contribution 

 to the same (read 29th April [890). Both by P. EwiNG. — Addi- 

 tions are recorded to the county lists for Renfrew, Lanark, Argyle, 



Dumbarton, Bute, Cantyre, Islay, and Mull. (Trans. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Glasgow, N. Ser. III. Part ii. 1892.) 



