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legitimately. C. Lepidoptera. {a) Rhopalocera: 26. Pieris brassicae Z., sk 

 only casually pollinating; 27. P. rapae Z., do. {d) Sphingidae-. 28. Macroglossa 

 fuciformis Z., skg., only casually pollinating; 29. M. stellatarum Z., do. 



Loew (Brandenburg), a Bombyliid (Bombylius major Z.) and 9 bees (' Beitrage/ 

 p. 43) I. Andrena parvula K. 5, po-cltg. ; 2. Anthophora aestivalis Pz. $, skg.; 



3. A. parietina F. $, do. ; 4. A. pilipes S, do. ; 5. Bombus pratorum Z. 5, skg. and 

 po-cltg. ; 6. B. terrester Z. 5, do. ; 7. Halictus morio F. 5, po-cltg. ; 8. Melecta 

 punctata K. J and 5, skg. ; 9. Osmia aenea Z. $, do. 



Alfken observed 15 bees, skg., at Bremen i. Bombus agrorum Z'. $; 2. 

 B. derhamellus K.^; 3. B. hortorum Z. 5 ; 4. B. jonellus K. ^\ 5. B. lapidarius Z. 

 5 ; 6. B. muscorum F.<^\ 7. B. sylvarum Z. 5 ; 8. Melecta armata Pz. $; 9. Osmia 

 aurulenta Pz. 5 and $; 10. O. caerulescens Z. S; n. O. rufa Z. J ; 12. O. solskyi 

 Mor.\ 13. Podalirius acervorum /'z. 5 and $; 14. P. parietinus Z'. $; 15. P. 

 retusus Z. 5 and J. 



The following were recorded by the observers, and for the localities stated. 



Knuth (Schleswig-Holstein), the butterfly Pieris rapae Z., skg., and 4 humble- 

 bees, skg. I. Bombus agrorum F. ; 2. B. lapidarius Z. ; 3. B. hortorum Z. ; 



4. B. terrester Z, mostly skg. by perforation. Wiistnei (Alsen), the humble-bee 

 Bombus hortorum Z. Friese, Baden (B.) and Mecklenburg (M.), 7 bees i. B. 

 agrorum F. }, very common (B.) ; 2. B. jonellus, K. 5, rare (M.) ; 3. Osmia cornuta 

 Ltr. ; 4. O. rufa Z. ; 5. O. uncinata Gerst. ; 6. Podalirius retusus Z., not rare (B.) ; 

 7. Xylocopa violacea Z. : (Fiume), 3 bees i. Bombus agrorum F.; 2. Osmia 

 caerulescens Z. ; 3. Xylocopa cyanescens Brull. Seitz (Giessen), the bee Podalirius 

 acervorum Z., very common. Schletterer (Tyrol), the bee Podalirius tarsatus Spin., 

 freq. MacLeod (Flanders), the honey-bee, 6 humble-bees, 3 short-tongued bees, a 

 hover-fly, and a Lepidopterid (Bot. Jaarb. Dodonaea, Ghent, v, 1893, p. 368). 

 H. de Vries (Netherlands), 4 humble-bees i. Bombus agrorum F. 5 and 5 5 2. B. 

 hortorum Z. 5 and 5 ; 3. B. subterraneus Z. $ ; 4. B. terrester Z. 5 (Ned. Kruidk. 

 Arch., Nijmegen, 2. Ser., 2. Deel, 1875). Scott-Elliot (Dumfriesshire), a humble-bee, 

 freq. ('Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 137). Burkill (Yorkshire coast), a Nitidulid 

 beetle (Meligethes sp., skg.), a humble-bee (Bombus agrorum F., skg.), and Thrips 

 sp. (' Fertlsn. of Spring Fls.'). E. D. Marquard (Cornwall), the bee Melecta armata 

 Z*2., skg. Smith (England), the bee Osmia nigriventris Zett. (=0. xanthomelaena 

 K., 0. corticalis Gerst.). 



yij. Dracocephalum L. 



Protandrous hermaphrodite and gynodioeciously distributed female flowers, 

 belonging to class Hhb. 



2301. D. austriacum L. (Schulz, 'Beitrage,' II, p. 196.) Schulz found as 

 many as 10 % female flowers at Vintschgau in the South Tyrol. 



2302. D. Ruyschiana L. (Schulz, loc. cit.) A herbarium specimen from 

 East Prussia was gynodioecious. 



2303. D. Moldavica L. (Schulz, loc. cit. ; Knuth, Bloembiol. Bijdragen.') 

 Plants of this species cultivated in a garden at Leipzig were gynodioecious. 



Visitors. Knuth (Kiel Botanic Garden) observed 3 humble-bees, flying 

 steadily from flower to flower, and skg. i. Bombus agrorum F. j and 5 J 2. B. 

 lapidarius Z. $ and J ; 3. B. terrester Z. 5. 



