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do. (T.); 13. O. emarginata Lep. ( = 0. mustelina Gerst.) 5, do. (T.) ; 14. Psithyrus 

 rupestris F. 5, do. (T.); 15. Saropoda bimaculata Pz. 5 and t, do. (T.). (3) For- 

 nicidae : 1 6. Undetermined sp., vainly trying to force their way into the flowers (T.). 

 B. Lepidoptera. Noctuidae : 1 7. Plusia gamma Z., extremely numerous, skg. (W.). 



Friese records the following bees for Fiume (F.), Mecklenburg (M.), Switzerland 

 (S.), the Tyrol (T.), Trieste (Tr.), and Hungary (H.).— 



I. Anthidium interruptum F. (H.) ; 2. A. variegatum F. (H.) ; 3. Andrena 

 nasuta Gir., occasional (M.), freq. (H.) ; 4. Colletes nasutus Sm., freq. (M.) ; 



5. Eucera bibalteata Dours, infreq. (M.); 6. E. chrysopyga P^r., freq. (H.); 

 7. E. hungarica Friese S, not infreq. (H.); 8. E. interrupta Baer, not infreq. (H.); 

 9. E. longicornis L., freq. (W.); 10. E. nitidiventris Macs., freq. (H.); 11. E. para- 

 doxa Macs., infreq. (H.); 12. E. seminuda Brulle't, one (H.); 13. E. semistrigosa 

 Dours., freq. (H.); 14. E. tricincta Er. (Tr.) ; 15. Halictus morbillosus Kriechb., 

 ver)' common (H.); 16. H. patellatus Mor. (F., teste Korlevic), not infreq. (H.); 

 17. H. xanthopus K. (T., H.); 18. Nomada nobilis Mor., not infreq. (F., M.) ; 

 19. N. sexfasciata Pz. (M.) ; 20. Nomia femoralis Pall., occasional (F., H.); 

 21. Osmia caerulescens Z., not infreq. (M.); 22. O. notata F., freq. (H.); 23. O. 

 spinolae Schenck (H.); 24. Podalirius albigenus Lep., not infreq. (T., S., H.) ; 25. P. 

 crinipes Sm., freq. (H.); 26. P. magnilabris Fedtsch, occasional (F., H.) ; 27. P. 

 pubescens F., freq. (S., T.), not infreq. (H.); 28. P. quadrifasciatus Vill., not infreq. 

 (F., Tr., H.); 29. P. salviae Mor.. infreq. (F., H.); 30. P. vulpinus Pz., freq. (M.), 

 not infreq. (F., H.). 



Loew observed the following in Brandenburg (' Beitrage,' p. 43). — 



A. Diptera. Bombyliidae: i. Systoechus sulphureus Mikan., skg. B. Hy- 

 menoptera. (a) Apidae: all skg.; 2. Andrena nasuta Gir. 5, po-cltg. ; 3. Bombus 

 cognatus Steph. 5 ; 4. B. distinguendus Mor. 5 ; 5. B. lapidarius Z.J; 6. B. latreillellus 

 K. 5; 7. B. rajellus K.^; 8. B. sylvarum Z. 5; 9. B. terrester Z. 5; lo- Coelioxys 

 punctata Lep. 5; 11. Colletes nasutus Sm. 5 and J, numerous, the 5 po-cltg.; 12. 

 Epeolus variegatus Z., 5 and S; 13. Megachile maritima .A'. S ; 14. Psithyrus campestris 

 Pz. 5; 15. P. rupestris Pz. 5; 16. Tetralonia poUinosa Zf/. $, going steadily from 

 flower to flower, (b) Sphegidae: 17. Bembex rostrata Z. J and $, skg. C. Lepido- 

 ptera. Rhopalocera : 18. Pieris daplidice Z., skg. ; 19. Vanessa cardui Z., do. 



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



Knuth (Riigen), 5 bees, all skg. — i. Bombus agrorum Z". 5; 2. B. hortorum Z. 

 5 and 5 ; 3. B. lapidarius Z. 5 and 5 ; 4. B. rajellus Z'. g ; 5. B. sylvarum Z. Jf- 

 Schmiedeknecht (Thuringia), 3 bees — i. Andrena nasuta Gir. ; 2. Bombus hypnorum 

 Z. 5 ; 3. B. pratorum Z. S. Gerstacker (Berlin), 2 bees — Osmia adunca Ltr. and 

 O. spinolae Schenck. Hoffer (Steiermark), the humble-bee Bombus hypnorum Z. 5. 

 Schulz (Bozen), perforations made by the humble-bee Bombus terrester Z. Schletterer 

 and von Dalla Torre (Tyrol), 6 bees — i. Bombus agrorum F. ; 2. B. sylvarum Z. ; 

 3. Osmia caerulescens Z. ; 4. O. rufa Z., very common ; 5. Podalirius acervorum Z. ; 



6. P. aestivalis Pz. 5. Friese (Hungary), the bee Eucera curvitarsis Mocs. H. de 

 Yries (Netherlands), the humble-bee Bombus agrorum F. 5 (Ned. Kruidk. Arch., 

 Nijmegen, 2. Sen, 2. Deel, 1875). 



1969. A. sempervirens Z. ( = Caryolopha sempervirens Fisch. et Traut.). 

 (Loew, 'Bliitenbiol. Floristik,' p. 280, Ber. D. bot. Ges., iv, 1886, pp. 163-4.) — This 

 species is native to England and South Europe, and Loew examined it in the Berlin 

 Botanic Garden, his account being somewhat as follows. — 



In the sky-blue flowers there are five hispid hollow valves of white colour in the 

 throat of the corolla, which leave only an opening | mm. wide between them. The 

 nectaries are situated at the bottom of the corolla-tube, and are covered by four 



