CONTENTS. ^11 



Proceedings — continued. face 



On the Genus Silyhura. By Dr. T. Beath Henderson, - - 284 

 On Didea aineti, Fallen, a rare Dipteron from Loch Lomond, 

 with Remarks on its Previous British Records. By 



Alexander Ross, "^"^ 



/?a)iu?!c«7M^a«riVon>«*!, L., from Barsvharrie, Ochiltree, - - 2So 



Poa Chaixii, Till., from Auchendrane, -S5 



Abstract Statement of Accounts— Session 1905-1906,- - 286 



Death of Rev. John Fergusson, LL.D., Fearn, Brechin, - - 287 

 Occurrence at Finlayston of Amblt/stegium ^ilufiatUe, B. and S., a 

 Moss new to Vice-County 76, and at Montgreenan of Olidta 

 hporina (Batsch) Fckl., a Fungus new to the Clyde Area, - 2S7 

 La Lautaret and its Plant Life. By Dr. Rol>ert Bro^vn, - - 287 

 Annual Business Meeting (Session 1907-1908), Rejwrts, and 



Election of Office-Bearers, 290 



Renort on Meeting of the British Association at Leicester. By 



Peter Ewing,F.L.S., - 292 



Remarks on Bitis gnhonica, D. and B., and B. nai>komi», Sbaw, 

 two Species of Puflf-adder from Rhodesia. By Dr. T. Beath 



Henderson, 292 



Occurrence of the Glossy Ibis {Plegadin faUinelliiii, L.) near 



Kilmarnock, ...------ 29"- 



Water Betony (Scropfmlaria aqtiatica, L.) from Islay, - - 292 

 Nesting of the Pied Flycatcher {Mu>tcicapa africapilla, L ) at 



Glendoune, Girvan, 293 



On the Occurrence near Port Ellen, Islay, of Eristalis stpul- 



chralis, L., with Notes on English and Scottish Records of 



the Species. By Alexander Ross, . - . . . 293 



Occurrence of Mtta menardi (Latr.), Crithnnnn viaritimum, L., 



Beta vmritima, L., and Ahnfdtia plicata. Fries, on the 



Carrick Coast of Ayrshire, 294 



On the Present Position of the Local Collections in the Kelvin- 

 grove Museum. By Peter Macnair, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., - 294 



Death of Lord Kelvin, 295 



On the Occurrence of the Cave Spider (ileta menardi, Latr.) 



near Dunure, Ayrshire. By John Smith, - - - - 296 



Exhibition of Lantern-slides, 296 



Death of Dr. Alexander Frew and E. A. L. Battei-s, LL.B., 



B.A.,F.L.S., 297 



Notes on Phorkhr and other Diptera. By J. R. Malloch, - 297 



Occurrence of Pttromyzon marintt^, L., at Uddingston, and 



Centrina sah-iani, Risso, in the North Sea, - - - 298 



Lecture on the Pycnogonida, or Sea-spiders. By Professor 



Leonard A. L. King, M.A., 298 



Proposed Public Exhibition of the Common Wild-Flowers of 



the District, 299 



