372 THE FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS. [rar m1 
Jasione is rendered especially conspicuous by growing chiefly; 
on dry, sandy soil, where it is usually one of the most prominer ni 
flowers, and where many bees and sand-wasps which visit it havi 
their nests. ‘ 
On two such spots, behind the Tannenbaum at Lippotade| 
on the Lippstadt Heath, I found the following insects visiting h 
flowers in July and August, 1868 and 1869 :— 
A. Hymenoptera—(a) Apide: (1) Bombus hortorum, L. ? §, s.; ¢ 
B. silvarum, L. $,s. ; (3) B. rupestris, L. ¢,s. ; (4) Sarapoda bimaculata, P 
2 &, very ab., s. and c.p.; (5) Dasypoda hirtipes, F. ¢, freq. ; (6) 
leporina, Pz. 2 ; (7) Rhophites halictula, Nyl. 9,8. ; (8) Andrena Hattorfian: 
F. ¢, once; (9) A. dorsata, K. 2 g, ab. ; (10) A. pubescens, K. ¢ (= fu 
cipes, K.), 8. ; (11) A. fulvago, Chr. 9; (12) A. helvola, L. 9; (13) A. fulvi 
crus, K. ? ;-(14) A. argentata, Sm. g; (15) A. pilipes, F. ¢; (16) A. Coite 
K. ¢ 2; (17) Colletes marginata, L. ¢; (18) Halictus fasciatus, Nyl. 9 ; fa 
H. flavipes, F. ¢; (20) H. leucozonius, Schr. 9 ; (21) H. albipes, F. 2; (22 
H. cylindricus, F. 2 ¢ ; (28) H. villosulus, K. ? ; (24) H. lucidulus, Schenck, 9 
(25) Sphecodes gibbus, L. ? (var. rafescens, Fourc.) ; in the last three gener: 
the ¢ s., the 2 s. and cp. ; (26) Ceratina czerulea, Vill. 2 ¢, freq., s. and ¢.p. 
(27)° Nomada ruficornis, L. 2 ¢; (28) N. Roberjeotiana, Pz. ? ¢; (29) } 
nigrita, Schenck, ¢; (30) N. lineola, Pz. $; (31) N. Jacobee, Pz. ; (82) N 
varia, Pz. ; (33) N. Fabriciana, L. ; (34) Ceelioxys quadridentata, L. 2 ¢, ab. 
(35) C. conoidea, Ill. (punctata, Lep. 9) ; (86) C. simplex, Nyl. 9 ¢, 8.3 (37 
Epeolus variegatus, L. ¢ 2, freq. ; the cuckoo-bees of course only suck 
(38) Anthidium strigatum, Latr. ¢; (39) Diphysis serratule, Pz. 2 ; (40) 
gachile maritima, K. ¢; (41) M. argentata, F. ¢ 9, 8 and cp. ab.; (42 
Chelostoma campanularum, L. ? ; (48) Prosopis variegata, F. 2 ¢, very ab. 
(44) P. dilatata, K. ¢; (45) P. communis, Nyl. 9 ¢, ab. ; (46) P. hyalinata 
Sm. 9, ab. ; (47) P. pictipes, Nyl. 9, scarce; (b) Sphegide, s.; (48) Ammo 
phila sabniona, L. g, freq. ; (49) Psammophila affinis, K. ¢ 9, very freq. 
(50) Pompilus rufipes, L. ¢; (51) P. viaticus, L. ¢; (52) Ceropales macule 
F., freq. ; (53) Cerceris arenaria, L. 9 ¢, ab. ; (54) C. labiata, F. g¢; (55 
C. nasuta, Kl. ¢; (56) Mellinus sabulosus, F., freq. ; (57) Miscus campestri 
Latr. 9 ; (58) Philanthus triangulum, F.; (59) Tachytes pectinipes, L. ; (6( 
Lindenius albilabris, F. ; (61) Oxybelus uniglumis, L., ab. ; (62) O. bellicos 
Ol. ; (63) O. mandibularis, Dhlb. ; (64) Crabro alatus, Pz. 2 ¢, very ab. ; (6 
Cr. patellatus, v. d. L. 2; (66) Cr. pterotus, F. 9 ¢, both not rare; (¢) Ch 
side: (67) Hedychrum lucidulum, Latr., s. B. Diptera—(a) Bombylide 
(68) Exoprosopa capucina, F., not rare ; (0) sige : (69) Empis livida, L 
very ab. ; (c) Syrphide : (70) Melithreptus scriptus, L. ; (71) M. nents re 
(72) Volucella bombylans, L. ; (73) Helophilus reer .; (74) Eristal 
tenax, L. ; (75) E. eeneus, Scop. ; (76) E. arbustorum, L. ; Ae Syritta pipien 
L, ; (78) Melanostoma mellina, L.; (79) Syrphus pyrastri, L. ; (80) Eumert 
sabulonum, Fall. ; (81) Pipizella, sp. ; (d) Conopide : ” Sicus ferrugineus, L.; 
(83) Physocephala rufipes, F., freq. ; (84) Ph. vittata, F. ; (e) Muscide : ee ) 
Ocyptera brassicaria, F, ; (86) O. cylindrica, F., both very freq. ; (87) E 
nomyia tesselata, F., very ab. ; (88) E. ferox, Px ; ; (89) Oliviera lateralis, Pz 
ab. The Syrphide both s, and ¢.p., the others only s, C. Lepidoptera, s. ; ¢ ) 
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