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the tail, wliich is armed with a poisonous tooth. When the 

 fish is attacked, it twists its tail round its assailant so as to 

 inflict with the projecting tooth a lacerated wound, which is 

 said to be very dangerous and difficult to heal. T. uarnak 

 appears to be widely distributed throughout Asiatic waters. 

 In full-grown examples the body measures about three feet in 

 length, while the tail extends to about nine feet. 



Mr. Thomas King, Vice-President, showed specimens of Senecio 

 saracenicns, L. and Sfachys amblgua. Sin., recently obtained 

 by him at Inveraray. 



Mr. R. S. Wishart. M.A., exhibited specimens of Alyssum 

 calyctunm. L., Cevastium arvense, L., Vacciniiun Vitls-Idcva 

 L and Kmleria cristata, Pers., all gathered by him at Boat 

 of Garten. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited leaves, flowers, and seed-pods of 



Senna from the Island of Hayti. He also showed specimens of 



the following Fungi from the neighbourhood of West Kilbride: 



Agarlcus (ClUocybe) fragrans. 



Sow 



(Stropharin) ceriigi- 



iiosii.1. Curt. 



Pitccinia primulcp, (DC.) Win- 

 ter (teleutospores). 

 sanicuUe, Grev. (tel- 

 eutospores). 

 lychnldearum. Link 

 (teleutospores). 

 Coleosporuim soiichi, (Pers.) 



Schrot. 

 Mehimpsora farinoaa, (Pers.) 



Schrot. 

 Hypoxijlon mxiWforme, Fr. 



fnsciini, Fr. 

 Lnchnella sulphurea, Pers. 

 Lepiosplucrla duliolum, (Pers.) 

 De Not. 



HygraphoriLS pvatenfiis, Fr. 

 PaiuLs conc/uitus, Fr. 

 Boletus piperaf as. Bull. 

 PolyporuH ccpsiim, Schrad. 



lacteiis, Fr. 



a7inosas. Fr. 

 GrnnfJinia granulosa. Fr. 

 Cyphella muacigeua, Fr. 

 , Tremella meaenterlcu, Retz. 

 Hirnmla Auricula -J ucke. Berk. 

 Cruribuhcm vulyare, Tul. 

 Phragmidiurn nuhrortlcatum, 

 (Sch.) Schrot. (teleutospores). 



Mr. Robert M'Lellan exhibited a specimen of Agnricus (PlioU- 

 ota) aureus. Mat., from the Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. 



m: David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., President, submitted a 

 paper entitled "Jottings from my Note-Book-Loch' Fyne 

 Herring."* 



Mr P. Cameron, F.E.S., Corresponding Member, communi- 

 cated a paper on the excessive abundance of Aj^his dianthi, 

 Schr., round Manchester in September last. He stated that 

 in Cheshire these insects had occurred in such numbers as to 

 prove a nuisance by getting into the eyes of travellers. Near 

 Uilmslow a swarm was seen by him which formed a black 

 cloud; and in various places the insects were collected in 

 heaps on plants and walls, so as to blacken the surface on 

 which they rested. In the city, also, great swarms were 

 observed on many occasions, but these may probably have been 

 * Transactions, vol. iii., ji. 22. 



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