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dulce, from Dover. Mr. Dobson, Emmelesia albulata, var. ihules, and various 

 species of Tortrices froin the Shetland Isles. Mr. E. Joy, two melanic varie- 

 ties of Vanessa urtica, bred from larvae found at Eolkeston. Mr. Tutt, 

 varieties of Agrotis tritici, taken at Deal, 1887. Mr. Carrington, pupa of 

 Dicranura vinvla, formed among cotton wool. Mr. Billups stated that several 

 larvae of this species had been found in the churchyard of St. Saviour's Church, 

 Southwark. Mr. West (Greenwich), Mhantm pulverosus, R. notatus, the 

 red variety of Agabus bipustulatus, and Philonthts punctus, all from Erith. 

 Mr. Carrington, specimens of the Hessian Fly (Cecidomyia destructor), and a 

 discussion took place as to the probability of this insect becoming permanently 

 established in this country. Mr. Billups exhibited on Mr. Cockerell's behalf 

 species from County Custer, Colorado, and contributed notes. — H. W. 

 Barker, Hon. Sec. 



CLYDESDALE NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. 



The first meeting of the fifth session was held on Wednesday evening, 

 21st September, in the Society's Rooms, 207, Bath Street, Glasgow. Mr. 

 T. J. Henderson, President, in the chair, The following gentlemen were 

 proposed as members : — Messrs. James S. Dixon, W. Hannan Watson, and 

 A. M'Laren. Nominations for the various offices which now become vacant 

 were lodged with the Secretary for election at next meeting. Mr. Robert 

 Dunlop exhibited a specimen of a fossil scorpion from the coal measures of 

 Airdrie, which is believed to be the finest and most complete of the kind yet 

 discovered. The first recorded specimen of a fossil scorpion was found in 

 Bohemia, and is mentioned in Buckland's " Bridgewater Treatise," but since 

 then scorpions have been found at various times in both the silurian and car- 

 boniferous formations in England. They are usually found among plant 

 remains in the coal measures. Mr. John Mackay exhibited a specimen of the 

 large tortoiseshell butterfly (Vanessa poly Moms ) t taken near Castle Sweyn, 

 in Argyllshire, in July last. This species, which is extremely rare in the 

 North of England, has only once before been recorded as occurring in Scot- 

 land, and this is the first specimen that has been found in the West of 

 Scotland, being thus an interesting addition to our fauna. The specimen was 

 of the usual normal type. Mr. A. A. Dalglish exhibited a very fine collection 

 of lepidoptera from the island of Arran, including such rare species as N. 

 dictceoides, G. papilionaria, and uncommon forms like C. silaceata, M. has- 

 lata, 0. cambricaria, &c. Mr. John M. Campbell showed two species of New 

 Zealand parrots Nestor meridionalis (G.M.), and Strigops habroptilus (G. R. 

 Gray), both of which are rapidly becoming extinct in that island. The former 

 species has devoloped a peculiar liking for mutton fat, to satisfy which it 



