Chap. I. 



FERTILISED BY INSECTS. 



ni 



Polyommatus alexis. 

 Lycsena plilfeas. 

 Arge galathea. 

 He.speria sylvanus. 



„ linea. 

 Syrichthus alveolus. 

 Antbroceia filipemlulai. 



trifolii.* 

 T.ithosia complana. 

 J^eueania litliargyiia (two s])eci- 



inens). 

 Caradtina blanda. 

 „ alsines. 



Agrotis cataleuca. 



Eubolia mensuraria (two speci- 

 mens). 



Hadena dentina. 



Ileliothis luarginata (two sjwci- 

 mensl. 



Xylophasia sublustris (two speci- 

 mens). 



Euclidia glypliica. 



Toxocampa pastinum. 



]Melauippe rivaria. 



Spilodes palealis. 

 „ cinetalis. 



Acontia luctuosa. 



Fi-. 4. 



A larg-e majority of these moths and butterflies 

 liad two or three pairs of poUinia attached to them, 

 and invariably to the jjroboscis. The Acontia had 

 seven pair (tig. 4), and the 

 Caradrina no Jess than eleven 

 pair ! The proboscis of this 

 latter moth })resented an ex- 

 traordinary arborescent ap- 

 pearance. The saddle-formed 

 discs, each bearing a pair of 

 pollinia, adhered to the pro- 

 boscis, one before the other, 

 Avith perfect symmetry ; and Head ami proboscis of Acontm in,-. 



,, • ,. n ,1 .1 ' ,1 tiLOSii with seven i)air of polliniii 



this loUoWS Irom the moth „f Ordds puramidalis attached 



having always inserted its <^o *'»*^ proboscis. 

 proboscis into the nectary in exactly the same manner, 

 owing to the presence of the guiding plates on the 

 labellum. The unfortunate (*aradrina, with its pro- 

 boscis thus encumbered, could hardlv have reached 

 the extremity of the nectary, and would soon have 



* I am indebted to IMr. Parfitt 

 for an cxaniitiatinn of this niotb, 

 whicii is nientioneil in tlie' En- 

 tomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' 

 vol. ii. J). 182, and vol. iii. p. 3, 

 Oct. 3, 1857. The poUiuia were 



erroncotisly tliougbt to belong to 

 Ophri/x (ipifcra. Tiie pollen had 

 clianged from its natural green 

 colour to yellow : on wasliing it, 

 however, ami drying it, the greeu 

 tint returned. 



