NATURAL IIISTOKY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. xlvii 



29th April, 1890. 



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



Messrs. Gavin M. Pratt, 104 West Graham Street, and John 

 Rennie, Wellcroft, Helensburgh, were elected Ordinary Members. 



Mr. Thomas Scott, F.L.S., Corresponding Member, exhibited 

 specimens of Metridia armata, Boeck, and Catidace pectinata, 

 Brady, both recently dredged by him in the Firth of Forth. 



Mr. James J. F. X. King, F.E.S., exhibited a series of Lepi- 

 doptera from Unst, Shetland, showing some remarkable colour- 

 variations. Side by side were placed for com.parison typical 

 examples of the various species represented, viz. : Charceas 

 graminis, L., Larentia ccesiata, Lang, Emmelesia albulata, 

 Schiff., Melanippe inontanata, Bork., Corernia munitata, Hb., 

 Pamplusia niercuriana, Hb., and Aphelia osseana. Scop. 



The Chairman (Mr. Somerville) exhibited a small collection 

 of Flowering-plants from Mingulay, the furthest outlying island 

 of the Outer Hebrides group. He stated that the collection had 

 been formed by Mr. John Finlayson, Teacher on the island. It 

 included 74 species, 4 of which — viz. : Cochlearia anglica, L., 

 Sonchus arvensis, L., Stachys arvensis, L., and Polygonum 

 aviculare, L., var. arenastrum (Bor.) — had been found to be 

 new records for the Watsonian Vice-county No. 110 to which 

 the Outer Hebrides belong. Some discussion took place on 

 the importance of inducing school-children and young persons 

 residing in such remote localities to form collections of plants 

 and similar objects. It was suggested that if suitable prizes 

 were offered, the competitive collections submitted would afford 

 a means of amplifying the meagre information which exists 

 regarding the plants, shells, etc., of the more remote islands. 



Mr. Johnston Shearer exhibited specimens of Ledum palustre, 

 L., an addition to the Flora of Great Britain, and communicated 

 some notes on its discovery in Stirlingshire and Perthshire. * 



Mr. L. Watt exhibited specimens of the following plants 

 from Dumbartonshire, and new records for Vice-county No. 

 99, viz, : 



Sisyjyibriian Sophia, L. — Cardross. 



Subularia aquatica, L. — Inch-Cailliach, Loch Lomond. 



Hieracium, auratum, Fr.— Inversnaid. 



H. Eupatorium, Griesbach (H. corymhosum, Fr.). — Inversnaid. 



Sparganium minimum, Fr,— Moors above Helensburgh. 



Carex (Ederi, Ehrh., var, minor, Townsend. — Head of Loch 

 Long, Arrochar. 



Professor Thomas King exhibited specimens of Lathrcea squa- 

 maria, L., from Cambuslang and Strathblane. 



Mr. Henry Boswell, Corresponding Member, submitted 

 specimens of 11 exotic Mosses, viz. : Pilopogon gracilis, from 



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