154 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



*Xylota abiens, W.— Onep, - Gleu Finart, 29th July, 1903. 



*Chrysochlamys cuprea. Scop. — 



One p. Hawkhead Est., 28th June, 

 190.3 (A. Ross). 



Sericomyia borealis, Fin., - - 30th June — 7th Sept. Lang- 

 bank; Strachur; Holy Loch; 

 Stepps; Blairmore ; Monkd. 

 CI.; Loch Eck; Troon; Tar- 

 bert (A. Ross). 

 6th July — 30th Aug. Arden- 

 tinny ; Troon ; Holy Loch. 



*Chrysotoxuin festivum, L. — 



One?, Troon, 18th Aug., 1902. 



Chrysotoxum bicinctum, L., - 18th July — 10th Aug. Gare- 



letter Point ; Tarbert (A. 

 Ross). 



Fam. CoNOPiDiE. 

 *ConopsJlavipes, L., - - - 19th — 22nd Aug., 1902. Troon. 

 Sicus ferrugineus, Ij, - - 19th — 24thAug., 1902. Troon. 



Myopa buccaia, Jj. — One (^ , - Mill Pin., Cadder, 17th May, 



1903. 



Chrysotoxum arcuatum, L., 



Meteorologrical Notes and Remarks upon the Weather 

 during- the Year 1903, with its General Effects 

 upon Vegetation. 



By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks. 



[Read 31st May, 1904.] 



In order to preserve the continuity of the series, these notes 

 have been comijiled, as in former years, from the records kept 

 at Queen's Park, Glasgow. 



January. — The new year was ushered in with seasonable 

 and pleasant atmospheric conditions, the shai'p frost being a 

 delightful change from the wet, stonny weather which prevailed 



