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with the result that an inferior quality, known as "Upland 

 cotton," was produced. Mr. Turner also stated that the manu- 

 facture of cotton had apparently been carried on in Peru at a 

 much earlier date than in Egypt, the mummies discovered in 

 Peru being always wrapped in cotton cloth, while those found 

 in Egypt were wrapped in linen. 



Mr. Turner also exhibited a few heads of Carolina Rice, and 

 remarked that much of the "Carolina Rice" sold in this- 

 country was Java rice, to which the glossy appearance of the 

 former had been imparted by wax. 



Mr. M. C. Duff exhibited two large cases of Butterflies and 

 Moths collected last summer at Garelochhead. 



Mr. Thomas King exhibited specimens of plants collected by 

 him on the chalk downs at Purleigh, Surrey, including Malva 

 QHOscJiata, Asjjcrula cynanchlca, Scabiosa cohiinharia, Phyteuma 

 orhiculare, VerhascuDi nigyum, and Verbena officinalis. 



The Chairman (Mr. Cameron) exhibited specimens of several 

 rare Inchneumons, including Oresbius castaneus, Marsh., an 

 Alpine species from the top of Goatfell, Arran ; Hemiteles 

 'inarglnatus, Bridg., a recently described species, bred from 

 cocoons of Apanteles sericeus, a parasite on a caterpillar w^hich 

 feeds on the juniper at Milngavie ; and Plirygadneuni tarsatus, 

 Brid., a recently described species, from Lamlash, Arran. 



Mr. Cameron also exhibited some dead lavvpe of DoJents fissiis, 

 received from Mr. G. T. Porrit, who had found thousands of 

 -these larvae on grass in a wood in the Isle of Man. Most of 

 them were adhering to the grass by their mandibles, in their 

 natural position when feeding. Mr. Cameron stated that the 

 species was a common one on grass ; and the only suggestion 

 he could offer as to how so many of the larva3 had been killed 

 was that a sharp and sudden frost had been the destroying 

 agent. 



The following papers were read, viz. : " On the Habits of 

 EiLtira (ol'ini Cryptocanvpns),''' by Mr. Peter Cameron ; * " On the 

 Occurrence of 3Iicroclon niufabUis, Lin., in the West of Scot- 

 land," by Mr. Peter Cameron;! "Swallows: some instances of 

 their Retarded Migration," by Mr. William Craibe Angus. J 



18tii December, 1883. 



Dr. James Stirton, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. John Freeland Fergus, 3 Elmbank Crescent, and John 

 Irvine, Saracen Foundry, were elected Ordinary Members. 



Mr. Henry E. Clark, M.R.C.S., Vice-President, exhibited 

 specimens of Fossils fioni South Carolina. They were brought 

 * Transactions, i. 38. f Id., i. 42. i^: Id., i. 92. 



