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«gg, lent by Mr. Henry M'Culloch, who had taken it from the 

 body of a bird in the process of being stuffed. Remarks on 

 these birds and eggs were made by the Chairman, Mr. 

 Theodore Walker, Mr. George Russell, and others. 



Mr. James J. F. X. King exhibited specimens of Diplax 

 striolata, Charp., and u^schna juncea, L., two species of 

 Dragon-flies captured at the lantern of Blackrock Lighthouse, 

 County Mayo, Ireland. 



The Chairman (Mr. Somerville) showed specimens of 

 Cephalanthera ensifolia, Rich., from King's Cross, Arran, and 

 Hieracium aggregatum, Backh., from Ben More, Perthshire. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, Vice President, showed specimens of the 

 following new or little-known British plants : 



Ranunculus trichophyllus, Chaix, var. demersus. — Kilpatrick 

 Hills (Z. Watt). 



Hieracium vulgatum, Fr., var. ruhescens, Backh. — Gleann 

 Asdale, Jura ; July, 1889 (P. Eiving). 



H. lingtilatum, Backh. — Ben Lomond; August, 1888 (P. Eioing), 



H. sparsifoliuni, Lindb. — Gleann Asdale, Jura ; July, 1889 

 (P. Eioing). 



Luzula albida, DC. — Overtoun, Dumbartonshire ; July, 1889 

 {L. Watt). 



Carex panicea, L., var. tumidula. — Loch nam Ban, Islay ; 

 July, 1889 (P. Ewing). 



Mr. D. A. Boyd showed specimens of Leptothyriuyn rubi 

 (Duby) Sacc, a fungus found on dead leaves of Bramble in 

 the neighbourhood of West Kilbride, but not observed else- 

 where in Scotland. 



A paper entitled " Meterological Notes for 1889, and Remarks 

 on Temperature, Vegetation, etc., as recorded in the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Glasgow," was submitted by Mr. Robert 

 BuUen, Curator. 



25th March, 1890. 



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



Mr. James Macaulay, Royal Bank of Scotland, Maryhill, was 

 elected an Ordinary Member. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited a head of a mummied Cat from 

 Beni -Hasan, Central Egypt. He stated that an enormous 

 deposit of cat-mummies, recently discovered at Beni-Hasan, 

 had been acquired by an enterprising firat of merchants in 

 Liverpool and brought over to this country to be ground into 

 manure. Beni-Hasan is famed for its rock-tombs, thirty in 

 number, which are among the most ancient and interesting of 

 Egyptian monuments. In the neighbourhood was a celebrated 

 temple dedicated to the worship of the goddess Pasht, who is 



