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F., skg. ; 8. Platycheims manicatus Mg.; g. Sericomyia borealis Flor. B. Hy- 

 menoptera. (a) Apidae: 10. Bombus agrorum F., skg.; ri. B. hortorum L., 

 do.; 12. B. lapidarius L., do. ; 13. B. lapponicus F., do. ; 14. B. scrimshiranus K., 

 do.; 15. B. lerrester L., freq., skg. (<^) Formicidae: 16. Formica fusca Z., skg. 

 (c) Vespidae: 17. Vespa vulgaris L., skg. C. Lepidoptera. All skg.: {a) Rho- 

 palocera: 18. Coenonympha pamphilus Z. ; 19. Lycaena icarus /?o//. ; 20. Polyom- 

 matus phlaeas Z. ; 21. Vanessa urticae Z. {h) Mkrolepidoptera: 22. Undetermined 

 species. 



Willis saw the following in the neighbourhood of the south coast of Scotland 

 (' Fls. and Insects in Gt. B.dtain,' Part I). — 



A. Diptera. (a) Muscidae: i. Anthomyia radicum Z., skg.; 2. A. sp., po- 

 dvg. ; 3. Limnophora sp., do.; 4. Scatophaga stercoraria Z., freq., po-dvg. ; 5. 

 Themira minor Hal., freq., skg. (3) Syrphidae : 6. Platycheirus albimanus F., freq., 

 skg. and po-dvg. ; 7. P. manicatus Mg., freq., skg. ; 8. Sericomyia borealis Flor., 

 freq., po-dvg. B. Hymenoptera. Apidae : 9. Apis mellifica Z., very common, 

 skg. ; 10. Bombus agrorum F., freq., skg.; 11. B. pratorum Z., skg. ; 12. B. scrim- 

 shiranus F., do. ; 13. B. lerrester Z., freq., skg. C. Lepidoptera. (a) Rhopa- 

 locera: 14. Polyommatus phlaeas Z., skg. (3) Torlricidae: 15. Tcras aspersana 

 Huh., skg. 



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

 Sickmann (Osnabriick), the fossorial wasp Mellinus arvensis Z. (HoUingsholt- 

 hausen), the fossorial wasp M. sabulosus Z. Verhoeff (Norderney). — A. Diptera. 

 (a) Bibionidae: i. Dilophus vulgaris il.^., freq. (li) Rluscidae: 2. Calliphora erythro- 

 cephala J:^., freq.; 3. Lucilia latifrons Schin., do. B. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 

 4. Bombus lapidarius Z. 5, 5 and 5, freq., skg.; 5. B. terrester Z. 5, not infrequent, 

 skg.; 6. Psithyrus rupestris F. 5, skg. Loew (Brandenburg), the humble-bee Bombus 

 agrorum F. 5, skg. (' Beitrage,' p. 41). Krieger (Leipzig), 7 bees — i. Andrena 

 fuscipes K. 5 and S ; 2. Bombus hypnorum Z. 5 I 3- B. soroensis F. 5 and S ; 4. B. 

 lerrester Z. 5 and J ; 5. B. variabilis Schmiedekn. S ; 6. Nomada solidaginis Ps. ; 

 7. Psithyrus vestalis Fottrcr. 5 and S. Schmiedeknecht (Thuringia), 4 bees — i. 

 Andrena argentata Sm. ; 2. A. pubescens K. ( = A. fuscipes .^.) ; 3. Bombus terrester 

 Z. J ; 4. Nomada solidaginis Pz. Rossler (Wiesbaden), the moth Agrotis castanea 

 Esp.. and remarks, ' This moth confirms the often quoted axiom that Lepidoptera 

 appear to pay attention to their food-plant mostly at the time when it comes into 

 bloom.' Friese, in Baden (B.), Hungary (H.), Fiume (F.), and Mecklenburg (M.), 

 4 bees — I. Andrena fuscipes K. (B., not infreq. ; M., freq.); 2. Colletes succinctus 

 Z. (F. and RI., freq. ; H., occasional) ; 3. Epeolus variegatus Z. (B. and M., occa- 

 sional) ; 4. Nomada jacobaeae Pz. (B., one 9), Schiner (Austria), the Muscid Siphona 

 geniculata Mg. Frey (Switzerland), 4 moths — i. Grapholitha mendiculana Tr.; 

 2. Pholopteryx unguicella Z. ; 3. Gelechia ericetella Hb. ; 4. Plemota bicostella CI. 

 Schletterer and von Dalla Torre (Tyrol), 7 bees — i. Bombus alticola Krchh.; 2. B. 

 confusus Sclienck ; 3. B. mastrucatus Gerst. ; 4. B. sylvarum Z. ; 5. B. variabilis 

 Sch?niedek>i.; 6. Colletes succinctus Z. ; 7. Sphecodes ephippius Z. Ducke (Austrian 

 Silesia), the bee Andrena simillima Sm. Hofifer (Steiermark), the bee Andrena 

 argentata S?n., po-cltg. Gerstacker (Upper Bavaria), the alpine humble-bee Bombus 

 alticola Krchh. S and 5- MacLeod (Flanders), Apis, 3 humble-bees, 3 other Hymeno- 

 ptera, 9 hover-flies, 5 other flies, and 7 Lepidoptera (Bot. Jaarb. Dodonaea, Ghent, 

 V, 1893, pp. 449-50); (Pyrenees), only a hover-fly (Syrilta sp.) (op. cit., iii, 1891, 

 p. 373). H. de Vries (Netherlands), 3 bees — i. Apis mellifica Z. 5 ! 2. Bombus 

 subterraneus Z. 5 ; 3. B. terrester Z., S and 5 (Ned. Kruidk. Arch., Nijmegen, 2. Ser., 

 2. Deel, 1875). Lindman (Dovrefjeld), a humble-bee. Morawitz (St. Petersburg), 

 2 bees — I. Andrena argentata Sm.\ 2. A. nigriceps A'. Smith (England), the bee 

 Colletes succinctus Z. Scott-Elliot (Dumfriesshire), Apis, 4 humble-bees, several 

 flies and Lepidoptera (' Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 112). 



