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1887, onwards, are Mosses from Ayrshire and from other localities in Scot- 

 land (Vol. II., pp. xxix., xxx., xxxii., xxxvii., and Vol. III., pp. ix., xx., 

 xxi.) ; Fungi, chiefly from Ayrshire and other places in "Clyde" (II., pp. 

 xxxvi., xxxviii., III., pp. i., iv., x., xvii., xx., xxiii., xxv., and xxix.) ; 

 Mottusccby Land Isopoda, and Cumacea from Bute (II., p. xxxii.) ; Helix 

 hispida L. var. albida, Jeff., from Bute (II., p. xxxv.) ; also Hydra vulgaris 

 and Cristalella mucedo, Cuv., both from Bute ; Ledum palustre, L., near 

 Stirling (? introduced) ; Collembola from West Kilbride, &c. (II., p. xlvi., III., 

 p. xxvi.) ; a Blind worm, captured on Ailsa Craig, that showed legs developed 

 (III., p, v.) ; Lesueuria vitrea, Milne Edw., from St. Andrews' Bay (III., p. 

 xix.) ; varieties of species of Carex (III., p. xxii.) ; varieties of eggs of British 

 Birds (III., p. xxviii.) ; and Algce from West Scotland (III., p. xxix.) 



TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS. OF THE PERTHSHIRE 

 SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 



Vol. I., Tart IL, 1887-88, and Part III., 1888-89. 



HE two annual parts before us show ample evidence of the continued 



JL vigour of the Society, and of the prosperity and growth of the Museum. 

 The papers are as follows : — 



Part I. An August Ramble on the Forfarshire Coast of the 

 Tay, by William Barclay, with notes on a number of the more local and in- 

 teresting plants. 



The Geology of the Breadalbane District of Perthshire, by 



P. Macnair, deals with the Physical Appearance of the District, its Rocks and 

 Minerals, and the History of the Formation of the Rocks and their subsequent 

 ■denudation. 



Notes on the Aculeate Hymenoptera, with a List of the 

 Wild Bees and Wasps collected in Perthshire in 1887, by T. 



M'Gregor, forms a good beginning to the study in Perthshire of a most inter- 

 esting group. 



The Gall-making Hymenoptera of Scotland (exclusive of 

 those that live on Oaks), by Professor J. W. H. Trail, sums up what is 

 yet known of this group of gall-makers in Scotland. 



The Excursions made by the Society were : — On 24th May, to Errol and 

 along the Tay ; on nth June, to the Den of Pitroddie ; on 25th June, along 

 the West Bank of the Tay from Dalguise to Ballinluig ; on 4th July, to Dr. 

 Buchanan White's rock-garden ; on 12th July, to Moncreiffe ; on 14th July, 

 and following days, to the Breadalbane Hills, in connection with the East of 

 Scotland Union meeting (as already recorded in the Scot. Nat.); on 30th 

 July, to the Loch of the Lowes, near Dunkeld ; on 6th August, to Loch Lub- 

 naig and the Pass of Leny ; and on 20th August, from Struan Station along 

 the Garry to Blair- Athole. Several additions were made during the excur- 

 sions to the Flowering Plants of Perthshire. 



The opening address of the President (Dr. White) deals with the work of 



