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Clunio marinus, Haliday, in Scotland. William Evans, 

 Eiit. Mo. Mag., September 1908, p. 207. — A colony found near 

 Dunbar on 27th June 1908. 



Hyadina nitida, Mcq., a Species of Diptera new to the 

 British List. By J. R. Malloch, Ent. Mo. Mag., September 1908, 

 pp. 205-206. — Specimen obtained at Bonhill in September 1907. 



Eccoptomera microps, Mg., and Agromyza bicornis, Kalt., 

 TWO Diptera new to the British List. By J. R. Malloch, Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., August 1908, pp. 1 80-1 81. — Both species found in 

 the Clyde district. 



On the British Species of Phora (Part IL). By John H. 

 Wood, M.B., Ent. Mo. Mag., September 1908, pp. 215-216. — 

 Records the following : P. sexopinosa, Nethy Bridge, and P. picta, 

 Logie. 



Notes on Phorid^e in Dumbartonshire, with Description 

 OF A new Species. By J. R. Malloch, Ent. Mo. Mag., September 

 1908, pp. 203-205. P. urbana, thoracica, curvinervis, abdominalis, 

 and vitripennis recorded, and P. intermedia described as a new 

 species. 



BOTANY. 



Plants observed near Moffat, Dumfries, July 1907. By 

 W. R. Linton and E. S. Marshall. Journ. Bot., 1908, pp. 212-215. 

 — A good many varieties not previously recorded from the county 

 are noted, also new localities, heights above sea, etc. 



Forfarshire Records. By R. H. Corstorphine. Jourji. Bot., 

 1908, p. 299. — From N.E. Forfarshire records Fumaria confusa, 

 Coronopus procumbens, C. didymus, and Linaria minor. 



Notes on the "London Catalogue," Ed. 10. By Rev. 

 E. S. Marshall, M.A., F.L.S. Jotirn. Bot., 1908, pp. 281-289. — 

 Comments on the entries in the Catalogue as far as Euphrasia, 

 based on recent information. 



The Genus Rosa in the "London Catalogue," Ed. 10. 

 By W. Barclay. Journ. Bot., 1908, pp. 278-280. — A criticism of 

 the forms enumerated by Rev. A. Ley in place of the former 

 mollis and tomentosa. Rev. E. S. Marshall replies (p. 280), briefly 

 to some of the criticisms. 



The Subsection Eu-canintE of the Genus Rosa. By Major 

 A. H. Wolley-Dod. Journ. Bot., 1908, Supplement. — This very 

 exhaustive paper, no pages in length, is concluded in the 

 September issue. 



Notes on Potamogeton. By Arthur Bennett. Journ. Bot., 

 1908, pp. 247-251. — Notes P. nitens, Weber, from Loch Oss on 

 Ben Oss, in Perthshire, at 2084 feet. 



