282 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



donation of £5 received from him to cover the cost of engraving 

 and printing a book-plate for the Society's library which had 

 been designed by Mr. John Fleming. 



On behalf of Mr. Andrew Gilchrist, there was exhibited a fresh 

 specimen of the " Coral-root " orchis, Corallorhiza innata, R. Br., 

 from the Kilmarnock district, a leafless saprophyte, or feeder on 

 dead organic matter, whose discovery in this locality re-establishes 

 it as an Ayrshire plant, a circumstance which since 1874 had 

 been doubted. The President read letters received from Professor 

 Traill, F.R.S., and from Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., correspond- 

 ing members of the Society, expressing much interest in the 

 rediscovery of this plant in the south-west of Scotland. 



Mr. Anderson Fergusson read a paper entitled "Additions to the 

 list of Scottish Coleoptera" (see page 214), and exhibited at the 

 same time some beautifully j^reserved specimens of some of those 

 named, including Leistus spinibarbis, F. ; Badister sodalis, Duft. ; 

 Bembidium affine, Steph. ; Gyrophmna p)ulchella, Heer. ; and 

 Tachyporus formosus, Matth. 



The President referred to his experiences as the representative 

 of the Society at the Ninth Jubilee Celebrations at the University, 

 and spoke in high terms of the completeness of the equipment of 

 the new Botanical Laboratory, which was opened during that 

 time with a striking and memorable oration from the veteran 

 botanist. Sir Joseph Hooker, followed by an address from Lord 

 Lister. 



27th August, 1901. 



Mr. James F. Gemmill, M.A., M.D., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. Peter Macnair contributed a report of the Society's excursion 

 to Killin on 22nd June (see page 263), and also exhibited the 

 following Alpine plants, Salix lanata, L. ; Plileum alpinum, L. ; 

 Saxijraga nivalis, L. ; S. cernua, L. ; Gentiana nivalis, L. ; 

 Trientalis eurojKa, L. ; Saussurea alpina, D.C., mostly from 

 Ben Lawers. 



A report on the excursion to Cathcart Nurseries by Mr. John 

 Cairns was read by Mr. Renwick. (See page 264.) 



A specimen of the Long-Eared Bat, Plecotus auritus (L.), from 

 Islay, was exhibited on behalf of Dr. T. F. Gilmour, who 



