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rare mollusc has been again obtained in Loch Fyne and at 

 Oban by Canon Norman ; at Lochboisdale, in South Uist, by 

 Mr. Alex. Somerville, in 20-70 fathoms; off Sutherlandshire 

 by Baillie; off Shetland by the late Mr. Frank Coulson, Finnart- 

 niore, Kilmun ; while Professor J. R. Henderson has dredged one 

 recent valve in Lamlash Bay in 10 fathoms. To these have to 

 be added tliis discovery of the shell near the Isle of Man. 



The foreign range of P. incomparabilis extends from Norway 

 to Algeria and the JEgesin Sea : but the Mediterranean examples 

 are usually much smaller than those from the North Atlantic. I 

 am not aware that the shell has been exhibited at any previous 

 meeting of the Society." 



Mr. P. J. Bell brought two specimens of a Pecten, dredged 

 between Portincross and Cumbrae, and since identified by Mr. 

 Knight and by Dr. G. W. Chaster as undoubted Pecten incom- 

 parabilis. Their being taken alive in this much-dredged bit of 

 the estuary is very interesting. 



Mr. John Smith sent for exhibition a specimen of the Petty 

 Whin, Genista anglica, L., from Leadhills Dod, Lanarkshire. The 

 plant was in fruit. The President and others gave particulars as to 

 the localities where this plant is to be found, and interesting facts 

 were brought forward as to its dispersion throughout the country. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., exhibited a number of the rarer 

 Hepaticije which he had collected in the North of Scotland 

 during recent years, among which were -.—Mastigophora Woodsii 

 (Hook.); Cephalozia sjihagnii (Dicks.); C. denudaia (Mart.); 

 Nardia scalaris (Schrad.); Plagiochila punctata (Ta.j\.) ; Scapania 

 ornithopodiodes (With.); Jungerinania orcadensis, Hook.; 

 Metzgeria conjugata, Lindl. 



Mrs. Ewing exhibited a fine specimen of Arctostaphylos Uva- 

 Ursi, Spreng. 



Dr. Robert Brown read a short paper on Alpine Primulaceae, 

 with special reference to the genera Soldanella, Androsace, and 

 Primula, and exhibited specimens from each genus from the 

 Swiss and Austrian Alps (see page 70). 



A paper was read from Mr. Alex. Patience '• On the occurrence 

 of the Schizopod, Pseudomma rosettm (G. O. Sars). within the 

 Clyde Sea Area." It is the first reported discovery of this 

 crustacean in British Seas, and its appearance in Clyde waters is 

 peculiarly interesting (see page 74). 



