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mentioned by Mr. Smith, and found it to girth 12 feet 7 inches 

 at 7 feet 3 inches from the ground, with a good bole of 20 feet. 

 The stem is curiously irregular, and a measurement at 5 feet 

 would have given a much greater circumference. At an average 

 of 1 foot from the ground it girths 18 feet 1 inch. Above 1 foot 

 up it projects considerably on one side. 



" According to the Statistical Account, the Parish of Buchanan 

 was formerly called Inchcailloch, from the island of that name, 

 where the church was until 1621, when a considerable part of the 

 Parish of Luss, situated on the east side of Loch Lomond, was 

 annexed to the Parish of Inchcailloch. Luss, however, had some 

 lands added to it that formerly belonged to Inchcailloch. The 

 church in the island having become dilapidated, and the people 

 not finding it convenient to cross, especially in stormy weather, 

 worship was performed in this chapel, which was formerly a 

 chapel of ease belonging to the Parish of Luss. Prom this chapel 

 of Buchanan the whole united parish came by degrees to be called 

 the Parish of Buchanan. 



" Mr. Anderson Fergusson found the following species of 

 Coleoptera : — Oxypoda alternans, Grav. ; Autalia impressa, 01. ; 

 Bolitohius trinotatus, Er. ; Gyrophcena pulchella, Heer., about 

 twelve examples, all in decaying fungi. 



" The last-named proved to be new to Scotland." 



Cadzow, 27th April, 1901. — A party of about twenty, with Mr. 

 James Murray as conductor, left Glasgow by the 2.21 p.m. train 

 to Hamilton, and proceeded to Cadzow High Parks. On the 

 way the maple trees at the entrance to Barncluith were noted to 

 be in a healthy condition, Entering Cadzow, the whole party at 

 first walked to the Old Castle, and thereafter dividing into 

 companies, some went through the parks to get a better view of 

 the famous white cattle, others, devoted rather to entomology, 

 kept to the bed of the Avon, and a third party strolled down the 

 glen. The weather was beautiful, and the excursion was much 

 enjoyed. The following Diptera were collected by Mr. Alex. 

 Ross : — Dixa maculata, Mg. ; Dicranomyia chorea, Mg. ; 

 Dactylolahis, sp. (?) ; Trichocera regelationis, L. ; T. hiemalis, 

 Deg. ; Rhyphus fenestralis, Mg. ; Scatophagies stercorarius, L. 



