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Von Dalla Torre observed in the Tyrol the bees Andrena rosae Pz. $ ; A. 

 tibialis K. $; A. bicolor F. (=A. Gwynana K.) Z; A. fulvicrus K. 5; Halictus 

 albipes F. 5; H. smeathmanellus K. 5 and 5; Osmia caerulescens Z. $; Chelostoma 

 maxillosum L. $, very freq. 



Loew observed the following on Ranunculus acris in the Berlin Botanic Garden. 

 Apidae : Andrena nitida Fourc. 5, skg. and po-cltg. ; in Brandenburg, Pipiza quadri- 

 maculata Pz., skg. ; in Silesia, Syrphidae: 1. Syrphus tuniger Mg. ; 2. S. cumulatus 

 Mg>\ 3- Melithreptus scriptus Z., skg., and also Meligethes nect-lkg. He also 

 noticed the following in Switzerland ('Beitrage/ p. 57). 



A. Coleoptera. Bupreslidae : 1. Anthaxia quadripunctata L. B. Diptera. 

 Muscidae: 2. Hydrotaea ciliata F. ; 3. Tetanocera elata Fr. C. Hymenoptera. 

 Apidae : 4. Panurgus banksianus K. $>, po-cltg. ; Ricca (Atti Soc. ital. sc, Milano, 

 xiii. 1870) mentions this. 



Schletterer enumerates the following bees for the Tyrol: 1. Andrena austriaca 

 Pz. ; 2. A. flavipes/'z.; 3. A. gwynana K. ; 4. A. tibialis K. ; 5. Eriades fiorisomnis Z. ; 

 6. Halictus albipes F. ; 7. H. smeathmanellus K. ; Osmia caerulescens Z. 



MacLeod observed in the Pyrenees 4 short-tongued Hymenoptera, one of the 

 Lepidoptera, 2 beetles, 3 Syrphidae, and 6 Muscidae (' Pyreneenbl.,' p. 387). 



Alfken in Bremen noticed the following on Ranunculus repens and R. 

 acris. 



A. Diptera. (a) Bibionidae: 1. Bibio marci Z. ; 2. Dilophus vulgaris Z. 



(5) Syrphidae: 3. Ascia podagrica Z. ; 4. Eristalis arbustorum Z.; 5. E. sepulcralis 

 .; 6. Melanostoma mellina Z. ; 7. Rhingia rostrata Z. ; 8. Syritta pipiens Z. 



B. Hymenoptera. (a) Apidae: 9. Andrena albicans Mull. <j> ; 10. A. nigro- 

 aenea K. 5; 11. Bombus terrester Z. 5; 12. Eriades fiorisomnis Z. 5 and 5: 13. 

 Osmia rufa Z. <j> ; (<5) Tenthredinidae : 14. Cephus nigrinus Ths. (not on R. acris). 



H. De Vries ('Ned. Kruidk. Arch.,' Nijmegen, 2. ser., 2. deel, 1875) observed 

 in the Netherlands 2 bees : Andrena trimmerana K. 5, and Eriades fiorisomnis Z. . 



In Dumfriesshire (Scott-Elliott, 'Flora of Dumfriesshire/ p. 5), Muscidae, Empidae, 

 Syrphidae, Tenthredinidae, and Meligethes have been observed on R. acris and 

 R. repens. 



Loew observed in Brandenberg ('Beitrage,' p. 38) on the flowers of R. repens, 

 Eriades fiorisomnis Z. 5, po-cltg. ; as did Schenck in Nassau, and Schletterer and 

 von Dalle Torre in the Tyrol. 



Verhoeff observed the following on R. repens in Norderney. 



A. Coleoptera. (a) Nilidulidae : 1. Brachypterus gravidus ///., skg. ; 2. Meli- 

 gethes aeneus Z. B. Diptera. (a) Empidae : 3. Hilara quadrivittata Mg., skg. 



(6) Muscidae : 4. Anthomyia sp. ; 5. Aricia incana Widem. $ and S, po-dvg. and skg. ; 

 6. Calliphora erythrocephala Mg. one 5 ; 7. Cyrtoneura hortorum Fall. ; 8. Lucilia 

 caesar Z. $ and t, skg.; 9. Onesia floralis R.-D. 5 and S. (c) Syrphidae : 10. Chryso- 

 gaster metallina F.\ 11. Eristalis arbustorum Z., three J; 12. E. sepulcralis Z.,one , 

 skg.; 13. Melanostoma mellina Z.; 14. Platycheirus manicatus Mg., po-dvg. and skg. 

 C. Hymenoptera. Formicidae: 15. Formica fusca Z. (= Rasse fusca Forel), one 

 $. D. Lepidoptera. Pieridae : 16. Pieris brassicae Z., one 5, skg. 



In Switzerland Loew observed (' Beitrage,' p. 57). 



Diptera. Syrphidae : 1. Cheilosia antiqua Mg., po-dvg. ; 2. Merodon cinereus 

 F., po-dvg. 



