NATURAL HISTOltr SOCItTY OF GLASGOW. xliii 



Maiiritius ; Microthamniuni Langsdorfii, from Jamaica ; 

 Frullania physantha, from India ; and F. falciloba, from^ 

 Tasmania. 



On the motion of the Chairman, a cordial vote of thanks was 

 awarded to Mr. Boswell for his vahiable gift. 



Mr. William Stewart showed specimens of Lachnella 

 {Dasi/scypha) lanariceps, Cooke and Phil., a Discomycete 

 found upon the rootlets of a Silver Tree-Fern {Cyathea dealbata) 

 from New Zealand, now growing in the Kibble Palace, Glasgow 

 Botanic Gardens. He stated that the species was originally 

 described (Grcvillea, vol. viii., p. 62) from Australian specimens 

 gathered on C. dealbata; but since then no instance of its 

 occurrence appears to have been placed on record. The fungus 

 presents the appearance of a minute white cup, clothed 

 externally with very fine downy hairs, among which are 

 numerous little purple granules. These bodies, which seem 

 peculiar to this species, were also observed on the original 

 specimens from Australia, but their precise nature and function 

 have not yet been determined. It is noteworthy that the spores 

 of the Glasgow specimens are pseudo-septate, or .S-5-guttulate 

 —a peculiarity not observed in the Australian fungus. This, 

 however, may be due to the latter having been kept for some 

 time before being subjected to microscopic examination, as such, 

 markings have in similar circumstances been known to become 

 indistinct or even obliterated. 



Mr. John Smith, Corresponding Member, communicated a 

 paper on "English Upper Silurian Ostracoda,"* in illustration 

 of which a fine series of specimens, collected by Mr. Smith, 

 was exhibited by Mr. D. Corse Glen, C.E., F.G.S. 



Mr. David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., submitted a paper on 

 " Some Recent Marine Ostracoda dredged in Gran ton Harbour, "f 

 along with a complete series of illustrative specimens. 



25th February, 1890. 



Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. James Steel exhibited specimens of the Barn Owl, Tawny 

 Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, and Snowy Owl. 



Mr. Robert H. Read, C.E., M.B.O.U., gave an interesting 

 account of the distribution and habits of these and other 

 British species of Strigidse. He showed a specimen of the 

 Tawny Owl, Strix stridula, L., trapped in the woods near Luss, 

 and remarkable for its grey plumage; also four eggs of this 

 species taken at Dumfries, two of which were of the ordinary 

 size and two considerably larger than usual ; and a still larger 



♦ Transactions, vol. iii., p. 134. t Ibid., p. 196. 



