108 transactions, natural history society of glasgow. 



27tu March, 1906. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd, President, in the chair. 



On behalf of Mr. Thos. G. Bishop, Mr. Anderson Fergusson 

 exhibited the following Coleoptera from Rannoch : — Liodes 

 castanea, Herbst., taken in dry powdery fungi in firs ; Cetonia 

 floricola, Herbst., found on cossus-infested tree ; Thanasirnut 

 formicarius, Linn., under bark ; Acanthocinus cedilis, Linn, 

 taken in Scots fir stumps; Lamia textor, Linn., and Pissoo^espiiii, 

 Linn., taken in firs. Mr. Fergusson also exhibited Stenolophun 

 plagiatzis, Gorham, taken near Gourock by the late John 

 Dunsmore, of Paisley. The species was described by Gorham 

 from the specimen exhibited, and another from the South of 

 France in the British Museum. 



Mr. T. B. Henderson, M.D., exhibited two Water Snakes, 

 [Hypsirhina macleayi, Boulenger, and Cerberus rhyncops, Giinther) 

 from the University Museum, describing the specimens and 

 giving an account of the habits of each. 



Mr. William Hunter sent for exhibition specimens of the Sea 

 or Maldive Double Cocoanut, " Coco de mer " {Loddicea callipyge, 

 St. Hie; L. seycheU.arum, Lab.), from the Seychelles. 



Mr. Robert Brown, M.D., read a paper on " Zermatt and its 

 Flora," illustrated by a variety of the rarer specimens personally 

 collected. 



Mr. Robert Henderson read a paper entitled " List of Additions 

 to the Diptera of the Clyde Faunal Area " (p. 7). 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited Dicranella schreberi (Sw.), Schp., 

 var. elata, Schp., a moss fi'om the neighbourhood of Pinmore, 

 Ayrshire. 



Mr. P. Ewing, F.L.S., as delegate to the British Association 

 Meeting, read his I'eport of what was done at the meetings held 

 in the Linnean Society's Rooms on the 30th and 31st October 

 last. 



24th April, 1906. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd, President, in the chair. 



Mr. T. Beath Henderson, M.D., exhibited, on behalf of Mr. 

 Keith Buchanan, a skin of Python Sebae, Dumeril and Bibron, 

 which measured 15 feet 101 inches, though wanting the head and 

 part of the tail. He also showed a specimen of the Australian 



