VI CONTENTS. 



Reports on Excursions — continutd. page 



Craigeuds, 251 



Er.skine, 251 



Dunure, . . . . 252 



Calder Glen (Locliwiimoch), - - - 252 



Arran, .... ... 253 



Campsio Glon, 255 



Baliiiaha to Rovvardonnan, 255 



Braidwood to Tillietudlem, ... 257 



Rcsncath, 257 



Ben Vorlich (Dumbartonshire), - ... 259 



Dougalston and Bardowie, - - . - 260 



Supplementary Report on Mosses, Hep.\tics, .vnd Micuofungi 



OBSERVED at EXCURSIONS, 263 



Proceedings — 



Eristalis wneus, Scopoli, a Diptcron from Islay, - - - - 273 

 Annual Business Meeting (Session 190(i-19U7), Reports, and 



Election of Office-Bcarors, 274 



Grey Lag-Goose (Anser cinereus, Meyer) and Grey Plover 



(Squalarola hdvetica, L.) from Fairlie, and Rough-legged 



Buzzard [Buleo ItKjopm, Gmelin) from Langbank, - - 276 



Exhibition of Lantern -slides, ....... 276 



Remarks on the Geckinidje. By Dr. T. Beath Henderson, - 276 



The Tree-Sparrow (Z^asser ??io?i/a««6', L.) in Bute, - - - 277 



Tabaniis sudeticus, Zeller, and other Diptera from Bute, - - 277 

 On the Occurrence in Bute of Piezodorus litumtu^, Fab., a 



Hemipteron new to the Clyde Area. By Alexander Ross, - 277 

 On the Sphere of Work of Marine Biological Stations. By 



Professor J. Graham Kerr, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., - - 278 

 Lecture on " A Naturalist in South America." By Professor J. 



Graham Kerr, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., - - - - 2S0 



Proposed Representative Council of Local Natural History 



Societies, - - - 281 



Heart-leaved Twayblade {Listeru cordata, Br.) from Shalloch- 



on-Minnoch Moor, Ayrshire, 281 



Hahrodon Notarisii, Schp., a rare Moss, from Bute, - - - 281 



On "Plankton." By Edward J. Bles, B.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.E., - 282 



Report bj' Delegate to Clyde Naturalists' Representative Council, 282 

 On BomhyUiw major, L., a Dipteron from Loch Riddon. By 



Alexander Ross, 282 



Occurrence at Glasgow of Chdiftr cancroides (L.), a "False 



Scorpion" new to Scotland, - ....-- 283 

 On LinotcBiiia marilima (Latr.), and Poli/xenus lagurus, L., two 



Myriapods from Rough Island, Sol way. By Robert Godfrey, 283 



Death of Alexander vSoniervillo, B. Sc. , F.L.S., late President, - 283 



