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Herm. Miiller (H. M.) in the Fichtelgebirge and Buddeberg (Budd.) in Nassau 

 also observed the following. 



A. Coleoptera. (a) Byrrhidae: i. Byrrhus pilula Z., skg. (H. M.). (b) 

 Cerambycidae : 2. Leptura maculicornis Deg., freq., skg. (H. M.). B. Diptera. 

 (a) Bombyliidae'. 3. Bombylius canescens Mikan, skg. (Budd.). (b) Muscidae: 4. 

 Echinomyia fera Z., skg. (H. M.); 5. E. grossa Z., do. (H. M.). C. Hymenoptera. 

 Apidae: 6. Chelostoma campanularum K. $, skg. (Budd.); 7. Halictus albipes F. S, 

 do. (H. M.) ; 8. H. flavipes F. $, do. (H. M.) ; 9. H. interruptus Pz. ?, do. (Budd.) ; 

 10. Prosopis armillata Nyl. $, do. (Budd.); 11. P. signata Pz. $, do. (H. M.) ; 12. 

 Psithyrus quadricolor Lep. J, do. (H. M.). 



Schenck saw the bee Anthidium lituratum Pz., and quotes Friese as recording 

 the parasitic bee Stelis signata Ltr. for Nassau. 



Loew observed the following in Switzerland. 



A. Coleoptera. (a) Cerambycidae: 1. Stenopterus rufus Z. ; 2. Strangalia 

 armata Z/As7. ; 3. S. melanura Z. \b) Cleridae: 4. Trichodes apiarius Z. (c) Oede- 

 meridae: 5. Oedemera coerulea Z. ; 6. O. flavescens Z. ; 7. O. flavipes F. B. 

 Hymenoptera. Apidae : 8. Prosopis alpina Mor. C. Lepidoptera. (a) Sesiidae : 

 9. Sesia formicaeformis Esp. (b) Zygaenidae : 10. Syntomis phegeaZ. ; n. Zygaena 

 filipendulae Z. 



F. F. Kohl noticed 3 wasps (1. Vespa crabro Z., 2. Eumenes pomaformis F., 

 and 3. Odynerus bidentatus Lep.) in the Tyrol. 



MacLeod saw 2 Lepidoptera, 7 beetles, and 1 3 flies in the Pyrenees (Bot. Jaarb. 

 Dodonaea, Ghent, iii, 1891, p. 419). 



1006. S. Aizoon L. 



Visitors. Loew noticed the humble-bee Bombus lapidarius Z. J-. skg., in the 

 Berlin Botanic Garden. 



1007. S. spectabile Ber. 



Visitors. Loew observed a Syrphid (Eristalis tenax Z.) and a bee (Halictus 

 minutissimus K. 5) in the Berlin Botanic Garden. 



1008. S. anglicum Huds. The flowers of this species are of a whitish-rose 

 colour. 



Visitors. MacLeod saw a bee, a beetle, a Syrphid, and a Muscid in the 

 Pyrenees. 



In Dumfriesshire 2 Straiiomyids and a Muscid were recorded (Scott-Elliot, 

 ' Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 69). 



282. Sempervivum Rupp. 



Flowers protandrous, red or yellowish-white ; with concealed nectar secreted 

 the bases of the carpels. 



1009. S. Wulfeni Hoppe. (Herm. Miiller, 'Alpenblumen,' pp. 83-4 ; Schuh 

 ' Beitrage,' II, pp. 79-80.) Hermann Miiller describes the flowers of this specit 

 as being so markedly protandrous that automatic self-pollination appears to 

 excluded. According to A. Schulz, who also studied the plants in the Ortler district 

 the protandry is not so marked, autogamy sometimes laking place, though perhaj 

 not often. 



