78 EXCURSIONS TO BUTE AND CUMBRAE. 
Although the number of species of Diptera is not great, individuals, 
especially of the ‘bluebottle’ and ‘greenbottle’ flies, were 
abundant. The following were captured :— 
Family Syrphide. Family Muscide. 
CHILosia GRossA. Fallén. LUCILIA CORNICINA, Fab. 
PLATYCHIRUS ALBIMANUS, Fab. CALLIPHORA ERYTHROCEPHALA, 
SYRPHUS COMPOSITARUM, Ver. Mg. 
S. PUNCTULATUS, Ver. Family Scatomyzide. 
S. TorRvus, O.-S. SCATOPHAGA VILLIPES, Ztt. 
Family Anthomyiide. CERATINOSTOMA OSTIORUM, 
HYETODESIA MARMORATA, Ztt. al 
On 2oth August, 1903, an outing was arranged to St. Ninian’s 
Bay, Bute. 
The showery morning probably kept some members from 
joining, as only ten, two of them being ladies, put in an appearance. 
Leaving Rothesay pier the route taken was by the Kilchattan 
road, along which the party walked for about four miles to 
Birgidale School. The view on the way embraced Loch Fad on 
the right, and Loch Ascog on the left, and before long the rugged 
peaks of Arran rose in front and were in sight the whole day. 
The first object that attracted attention along the road was the 
abundance of a lichen, probably Parmelia parietina, on which the 
fructification was finely developed. 
Although rather late there was a fine display in the hedges, in 
places, of the honeysuckle, Zonicera Periclymenum, and along the 
roadside were seen good specimens of Cerastium vulgare. 
In one place the leaves of the willow, Salix purpurea, covered 
with galls about the size of peas, attracted some notice. 
Gnaphalium uliginosum was very plentiful by the roadside, and 
among the plants seen were Eupatorium cannabinum, Erythrea 
Centaurium, Valeriana officinalis, Solanum Dulcamara, and last, 
though not least, the uncommon Senecio sylvaticus. 
Leaving the Kilchattan Bay road, the way was taken past 
Ambrismore, to the heather-covered and rocky point above 
Ardscalpsie. Having got over this point the road was left, and 
the party made across the fields to the shore, and from this point 
the ground was a paradise to botanists. On the higher ground 
were seen Pimpinella Saxifraga, Maitricaria Chamomilla and 
