PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. XVII 
< 8th February, 1894. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection. —Cormorant—from Mr. C. L 
Wood, Freeland. Heron—from Master J. S. Richmond, Hilton. 
White Rat—from Mr. Wm. Herd, Scoonieburn. General Herba¬ 
rium. —Plants—from Mr. W. H. Beeby, Walton-on-Thames, per 
Dr. F. Buchanan White. 
The following paper was read :— 
1. “A Chapter on Hemiptera.” By T. M. M‘Gregor. (See 
Trans ., Yol. II., p. 6). 
22nd February, 1894. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. C. Burnett, Craigmount, Barnhill; Mr. Chas. Scott, Teacher, 
Rattray; Mr. Patrick Hunter, Waterybutts, Errol; and Mr. John 
Mackinnon, 11 Charlotte Street, were elected Ordinary Members. 
Mr. T. M. M‘Gregor exhibited some beetles which he had found 
in a hr tree. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “A Breeding Haunt of the Raven.” By Lieut.-Col. Duthie. 
(See Trans ., Vol. II., p. 17). 
2. “ A Voyage to the Arctic Regions.” By Alexander M. Rodger. 
8th March, 1894. 
TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Thomas Butter, 8 Marshall Place, and Mr. W. Ross, Rose 
Terrace, were elected Ordinary Members. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection. —Entomological Specimens in 
Spirits—from Mr. T. M. M‘Gregor. 
Library. —Pamphlet by Mr. Peach, of the Geological Survey— 
from the Author. A Series of their Proceedings—from the American 
Museum of Natural History. 
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