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Von Dalla Torre observed in the Tyrol the bees Andrena rosae Pz. S ; A. 

 tibialis K. i; A. bicolor F. (=A. Gwynana K.) S; A. fulvicrus K. 5; Halictus 

 albipes F. 5; H. smeathmanellus K. j and 5; Osmia caerulescens L. 5; Chelostoma 

 maxillosum L. t, very freq. 



Loew observed the following on Ranunculus acris in the Berlin Botanic Garden. — 

 Apidae : Andrena nitida Fourc. 5, skg. and po-cltg. ; in Brandenburg, — Pipiza quadri- 

 maculata Pz., skg.; in ^Ae.%\2.,—Syrphidae: i. Syrphus tuniger Mg.\ 2. S. cumulatus 

 Mg.; 3. Melithreptus scriptus L., skg., and also Meligethes nect-lkg. He also 

 noticed the following in Switzerland (' Beitrage,' p. 57). — 



A. Coleoptera. Bupresiidae : i . Anthaxia quadripunctata Z. B. Diptera. 

 Muscidae: 2. Hydrotaea ciliata F.\ 3. Tetanocera elata Fr. C. Hymenoptera. 

 Apidae : 4. Panurgus banksianus K. j, po-cltg. ; Ricca (Atti Soc. ital. sc, Milano, 

 xiii. 1870) mentions this. 



Schletterer enumerates the following bees for the Tyrol: — i. Andrena austriaca 

 Pz.; 2. A. flavipes/'z.; 3. A. gwynana A'. ; 4. A. tibialis^.; 5. Eriades florisomnis Z.; 

 6. Halictus albipes F. ; 7. H. smeathmanellus K. ; Osmia caerulescens Z. 



MacLeod observed in the Pyrenees 4 short-tongued Hymenoptera, one of the 

 Lepidoptera, 2 beetles, 3 Syrphidae, and 6 Muscidae (' Pyreneenbl.,' p. 387). 



Alfken — in Bremen — noticed the following on Ranunculus repens and R. 

 acris. — 



A, Diptera. (a) Bibionidae: i. Bibio marci Z. ; 2. Dilophus vulgaris Z. 

 (3) Syrphidae : 3. Ascia podagrica Z. ; 4. Eristalis arbustorum Z. ; 5. E. sepulcrahs 

 Z. ; 6. Melanostoma mellina Z. ; 7. Rhingia rostrata Z. ; 8. Syritta pipiens Z. 



B. Hymenoptera. (a) Apidae: 9. Andrena albicans Milll. 5; 10. A. nigro- 

 aenea K.<^; n. Bombus terrester Z. 5 ; 12. Eriades florisomnis Z. 5 and S: 13. 

 Osmia rufa Z. j ; (3) Tenthredinidae : 14. Cephus nigrinus TAs. (not on R. acris). 



H. De Vries ('Ned. Kroidk. Arch.,' Nijmegen, 2. ser., 2. deel, 1875) observed— 

 in the Netherlands — 2 bees : Andrena trimmerana K 5, and Eriades florisomnis Z. S. 



In Dumfriesshire (Scott-Elliott, 'Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 5), Muscidae, Empidae, 

 Syrphidae, Tenthredinidae, and Meligethes have been observed on R. acris and 

 R. repens. 



Loew observed in Brandenberg ('Beitrage,' p. 38) on the flowers of R. repens,— 

 Eriades florisomnis Z. 5, po-cltg. ; as did Schenck in Nassau, and Schletterer and 

 von Dalle Torre in the Tyrol. 



Verhoeff observed the following on R. repens in Norderney. — 



A. Coleoptera. (a) NiiiduUdae : i. Brachypterus gravidus ///., skg. ; 2. Meli- 

 gethes aeneus Z. B. Diptera. {a) Empidae : 3. Hilara quadrivittata Mg., skg. 

 {b) Muscidae : 4. Anthomyia sp. ; 5. Aricia incana Widem. $ and 5, po-dvg. and skg. ; 

 6. Calliphora erythrocephala Mg. one 5 ; 7. Cyrtoneura hortorum Fall. ; 8. Lucilia 

 caesar Z. 5 and 5, skg.; 9. Onesia floralis R.-B. § and 5. (c) Syrphidae : 10. Chryso- 

 gaster metallina F.; 11. Eristalis arbustorum Z., three S; 12. E. sepulcralis Z.,one S, 

 skg.; 13. Melanostoma mellina Z.; 14. Platycheirus manicatus Mg., po-dvg. and skg. 

 C. Hymenoptera. Formicidae: 15. Formica fusca Z. (= Rasse fusca Forel), one 

 J. D. Lepidoptera. Pieridae : 16. Pieris brassicae Z., one 5, skg. 



In Switzerland Loew observed (' Beitrage,' p. 57). — 



Diptera. Syrphidae : i. Cheilosia antiqua Mg., po-dvg. ; 2. Merodon cinereus 

 F., po-dvg. 



