Ixvlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



WINTER SESSION, 1885-86. 

 29th September, 1885. 



Mr. David Gregorson, F.E.I.S., in the Chair. 



Messrs. Alexander Leitch, 60 Rosebank Terrace, and Graham 

 R. Bell, 66 West Princes Street, Helensburgh, were elected 

 Ordinary Members. 



Mr. D. Corse Glen, C.E., F.G.S., the Society's delegate to the 

 Aberdeen Meeting of the British Association, gave an interest- 

 ing account of the proceedings at the various meetings and 

 excursions. 



Mr. James Steel exhibited specimens of Melanipus bidentatus, 

 Mont., from Tarbert, Loch Fyne, and made some remarks on 

 the apparently anomalous character of the genus. 



Mr. Steel also showed specimens of Cypridopsis orba, Brady, 

 Candona tenuis, Brady, and Cypris boinbycina, Brady, three 

 species of Ostracoda from New Zealand, recently received by 

 him from Mr. Thomas Steel, Sydney, New South Wales, and 

 forwarded to Dr. G. S. Brady, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., who has 

 pronounced them new to science. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited specimens of Scirpus HoloscJioenus, 

 R. & S., recently collected by Mr. W. B. Waterfall, Bristol, at 

 Braunton, North Devon, where this very rare species has long 

 been known to occur. He also showed specimens of Cainpto- 

 thecium nitens, Schreb., obtained in the neighbourhood of 

 Killin by Mr. G. H. Binstead, Kendal. 



Mr. Peter Ewing showed fertile specimens of Cmnptothecium 

 lutesceixs, Huds., from Ben Laoigh, Perthshire. 



Mr. John Renwick exhibited a specimen of Scutellaria ininor, 

 L., from the neighbourhood of Rothesay, and made some 

 remarks on the rarity of the plant in the Clyde district. 



Mr. James J. F. X. King exhibited a specimen of Drepan- 

 opteryx phalcenoides, L., one of the Lace-wing Flies, and 

 stated that the species is so rare in this country as to have been 

 regarded as almost, if not altogether, extinct. Prior to the 

 capture of this insect by Mr. K. J. Morton and Mr. King near 

 Cleghorn during the present month, it had not been taken in 

 Britain for twenty-nine years, or in Scotia ad for fifty -seven 

 years. 



A paper was read by Mr. John Broom giving an account of 

 an excursion to the Scuir of Eigg, and describing some of the 

 interesting features of the island. Some remarks were after- 

 wards made by Mr. D. Corse Glen, C.E., F.G.S., and Mr. 

 James Thomson, F.G.S., on the Geology of Eigg. 



