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THE PERTHSHIRE OR LOCAL MUSEUM. 
The specimens added to this collection during the year 
are indicated by an asterisk (*) in the list of additions on page 8. 
The table-cases, Nos. 48 to 52, containing the Mosses 
and Ferns and their allies, were all remounted, and are now 
shown in glass-topped boxes. These have been raised in the 
cases to admit of a close examination of the specimens with 
a pocket lens. A series of 440 labels were printed for the 
exhibit. 
The Reference Collection of Flies (Diptera) was extended, 
3 new drawers being added to admit the recent additions. 
The 64 specimens from Mr Carter contain 39 species, 2 
of which are new to Scotland, namely, Cliilosia maculata , Fen., 
and Platychirus fulviventris , Mcq., while all the others are 
more or less rare. 
The Collections of Lichens, both in the exhibition and 
reference series, have had numerous additions (some new to 
the county) made to them recently, chiefly the work of Mr 
C. Macintosh. These collections are also being mounted in 
glass-topped boxes, and will shortly be available for examina¬ 
tion. 
The Flowering Plants in the Herbarium are being over¬ 
hauled, and, where necessary, new fascicles inserted. The 
boxes have been numbered to correspond with the London 
Catalogue, so that the position of any plant may be found easily. 
A copy of the Perthshire Flora has been interleaved, and 
on this the locality of each specimen is written opposite each 
species. A complete catalogue of the Herbarium will thus be 
available, besides showing at a glance the distribution of each 
species in the County. This useful form of cataloguing has 
been undertaken by Mr James Coates, 
The Mosses have also been treated in like manner by 
Mr R. H. Meldrum. 
A selection from the Willows, examined by the Rev. E. 
F. Linton, were requested by, and are now in the hands of, 
Dr Moss, Cambridge. 
