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MEMORANDA ON INSECTS IN THEIR RELATION TO 
FLOWERS. 
By Ropert Mitter Curisty. 
(Concluded from p. 150.) 
39.—June 5, 1882. A garden at Chignal. Watched the 
movements of a small and very undecided humble-bee. First it 
hovered over a large Mimulus, then over 8 or 9 flowers of yellow 
Nemophila, about as many of musk, took a long flight, returned, 
hovered over Nemophila, took another flight and hovered over 
Lonicera periclymenum, returned and hovered again over Nemo- 
phila, then visited 4 flowers, afterwards hovering over Mimulus, 
musk, and double red rose. 
40.—June 10,1882. Garden at Writtle, near Chelmsford. 
A humble-bee was_ seen to visit several white flowers of Digitalis 
purpurea, which it left and went to red Antirrhinum majus, 
hesitated, left it, but returned directly and visited several 
flowers. 
41.—Same date. Meadow at Chignal. A smallish black 
humble-bee, orange-red behind, visited Trifolium pratense twice, 
Lotus corniculatus once, Trifolium pratense again once, and was 
then lost. It passed over Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, a 
Hieracium, a small Rumex, Stellaria media, &c. 
42.—June 12, 1882. Same place. A small striped humble- 
bee was seen to hover over, but reject, Chrysanthemum leucan- 
themum and Trifolium pratense, but afterwards to visit 12 heads 
of Trifolium repens, and then 11 of Trifolium pratense, after- 
wards being lost. 
43.—June 20, 1882. A small striped humble-bee was seen to 
visit in the following order the flowers of Digitalis purpurea :— 
8 which were purple, 2 which were white and grew close by, and 
then 5 more of purple previously visited, avoiding other species 
around. 
44.—July 8rd, 1882. Alpine Meadow, St. Moritz. A large 
black humble-bee striped with yellow visited Phytewma orbiculare 
8 times, and was then lost, having passed over, but not visited, 
Veronica chamedrys, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Lychnis 
diurna, Ranunculus (? sp.), a small chickweed, Polygonum bistorta, 
Cerastium arvense, Trifolium pratense, T’. repens, &c. 
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