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FERTILISED BT INSECTS. 



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Polyommatus alexia. 

 Ljcoena phteaa. 

 Arge galathea. 

 Hesperia sylvanua. 



„ linea. 

 Syriohthus alreolus. 

 Anthrooeia filipendulso. 



„ trifolii.* 



Lithosia complana. 

 Leucania lithargyria (two speci- 

 mens). 

 Caradi'ina blanda. 



„ alsines. 

 Agiotis cataleaoa. 



Eabolia inensuiaria (two spesi- 

 mens). 



Hadena dentina. 



Heliothis marginata (two speci- 

 mens). 



Xylopliasia Bublustria ftwo speci- 

 mens). 



Euolidia glyphica. 



Toxocampa pastinum. 



Melauippe rivaria. 



Spilodes palealis. 

 „ cinctalis. 



Acontia luctujsa. 



A large majority of these moths and butterflies 

 had two or three pairs of pollinia attached to them, 

 and invariably to the proboscis. The Acontia had 

 seven pair (fig. 4), and the pig. 4. 



Caradrina no less than eleven 

 pair ! The proboscis of this 

 latter moth presented 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, 



Wltn perfect symmetry ; and Heiid and proboscis of Acontia luc- 



4.1.;™ ^^M £ ^1 J.1 iwosa with seven pair of pollinia 



this follows from the moth of orchis pyramidalis attached 



having always inserted its *<> '■''« proboscis. 

 proboscis into the nectary in exactly the same manner, 

 owing to the presence of the guiding plates on the 

 labellum. The unfortunate Caradrina, with its pro- 

 boscis thus encumbered, could hardly have reached 

 the extremity of the nectary, and would soon have 



* I am inrlebtod to Mr. Pariitt 

 for au examluation of this moth, 

 wliich is mentioned in ihe ' En- 

 tomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' 

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

 Oct. 3, 1857. The pollinia were 



erroneously thought to bolong to 

 Ophrys apifera. The pollen had 

 changed from its natural green 

 colour to yellow; on washing it, 

 however, and drying it, the green 

 tint returned. 



