XXIV PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
12th January, 1888. 
F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., F.E.S., President, 
in the Chair. 
P. Macnair was elected an Ordinary Member. 
Mr. H. Coates exhibited a specimen of the Butterfly Va?iessa 
urticce, found alive at Pitcullen on nth January. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection .—Specimen of Sphinx convolvuli 
taken at the gardens of Moncreiffe House—from Mr. Bissett. Pidex 
Collection. —Skeleton of Dinornis from New Zealand—from Miss 
Alice P. Miller. 
Library .—Eighteen works on Chemistry and Photography—from 
Mr. Rufus D. Pullar. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “ Notes on Zoo-geography—I. The Facts.” By James Coates. 
2. “Notes on the Aculeate Hymenoptera, with a list of the 
Wild Bees and Wasps collected in Perthshire in 1887.” By T. M. 
M‘Gregor. (See Trans., Vol. I., p. 65.) 
9th February, 1888. 
F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., F.E.S., President, 
in the Chair. 
Robert Shand, James Walker, and David Taylor were elected 
Ordinary Members. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museinn—Perthshire Collection. —Curlew’s eggs from Loch Broom 
—from Mr. C. J. Stratton. Perthshire Bees and Wasps — from 
Messrs. T. M. M‘Gregor and D. Cuthbert. Index Collection .—Balls 
found in the stomach of a Sheep—from Mr. M‘Kendrick. Silk 
Moths and Cocoons (exhibited at the Manchester Exhibition)—from 
Mr. Robert Pullar. 
Col. H. M. Drummond Hay, C.M.Z.S., communicated a note 
on the Desert Wheatear. (See Trans., Vol. I., p. - 9o). 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “ Meteorological Peculiarities of 1887.” By Rev. A. Campbell. 
2. “Notes on Zoo-geography—II. The Problems.” By James 
Coates. 
