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In the first two, the subdivisions have been made 
by the watersheds of the respective rivers, which 
give names to the subdivisions ; but in the other 
four by the difference in the nature of the country, 
the lower subdivisions of each containing (for the 
most part), except as regards the range of the Ochils, 
the low-lying alluvial country, and the upper the 
high-lying uncultivated land. These subdivisions 
are clearly indicated on the map, and can be easily 
detected in practice. 
It was agreed, on the suggestion of the President, 
that the map should be hung up in the Library. 
Mr Henderson read a paper on “The Botany of the 
Horth Inch.” After referring to the nature and im¬ 
portance of the plants to be found, he enumerated a 
list of upwards of seventy which he had gathered, 
and he had no doubt that a careful search might lead 
to the detection of at least a hundred species. 
Mr J. Allen Harker read the first of a series of 
papers entitled 
CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE HISTORY OF THE 
COLEOPTERA OF THE DISTRICT. 
He said that he had undertaken the task with a view 
to adding, in some slight degree, to what might be con¬ 
sidered the really practical work of the Society—the 
study of the fauna of the county, with the distribu¬ 
tion of species, and a carefully compiled record of the 
results. The subject of the paper was the Geodep- 
hag a —being the first group of Coleoptera^ or Beetles. 
After a few general observations on the structural 
peculiarities of the group, with remarks on the 
habits and economy, he proceeded to enumerate the 
follow’ing species, which he knew to be found in 
Perthshire :— 
Cicindelo. campestris, the Common Tiger Beetle, 
found abundantly on Kinnoull, Birnam, and Mon- 
creiffe Hills, and especially abundant in the Pass of 
Killiecrankie. 
C. hybidda .—A single specimen of this insect w'as 
taken in Glenfarg a few years ago. 
Dromius agilis, 4:-7naculatus, i-notatuSy all taken in 
pracks and crevices of the bark of trees growdng in 
