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(H.M.); 7. Rhingia rostrata L., po-dvg. (Kn.). C. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 8. 

 Andrena albicans Mull. 5 and S, po-cltg. and skg. (H.M.); 9. A. gwynana K. 5, 

 po-cltg. (H. M.) ; 10. A. parvula K. 5, skg. (H. M.) ; 11. Apis mellifica L. 5, freq.[ 

 skg. and po-dvg. (H. M., Kn.); 12. Haiictus albipes F. 5, skg. (H. M.); 13. H. 

 cylindricus F. 5, ditto (H. M.) ; 14. H. lucidus Schenck 5, ditto (H. M.); 15. H. niti- 

 diusculus K. 5, ditto (H.M.); 16. H. sp., skg. (Kn.); 17. Osmia rufa Z. 5, skg. 

 (Thuringia). D. Thysanoptera. 18. Thrips, very freq. (H. M.). 



Sickmann mentions Salius sepicola Sm. (a fossorial wasp) as a visitor of the 

 plant at Osnabriick. 



Alfken and Hbppner (H.) observed the follovt'ing at Bremen. — A. Hymeno- 

 ptera. Apidae: 1. Andrena albicans Miilt. 5 and $, skg.; 2. A. cineraria Z. S, 

 skg. ; 3. A. clarkella K. S ; 4. A. extricata Sm. 5 ; 5. A. flavipes Pz. 5 and 5 ; 6. A. 

 gwynana K. 5 and S ; 7. A. morawitzi Ths. 5; 8. A. nitida Fourcr. J ; 9. A. parvula 

 K. 2 and S; 10. A. varians K. § and S; 11. Apis mellifica Z.$; 12. Bombus 

 agrorum F.<^; 13. B. terrester Z. $; 14. Haiictus minutus K.<^; 15. H. morio F.<^; 



16. H. nitidiusculus .S'. $; 17. Nomada alternata K.%; i8. N. bifida Ths. S ; 19. N. 

 borealis Zeit. $ (H.) ; 20. N. fucata Pz. $; 21. N. lineola Pz. S; 22. N. ruficornis 

 Z. S; 23. N. xanthosticta K. 5 and S, skg.; 24. Osmia rufa Z. 5; 25. Podalirius 

 acervorum Z. t. B. Diptera. Syrphidae: 26. Brachypalpus valgus Pz. 



MacLeod noted in Flanders, — 2 long-tongued bees, 2 short-tongued bees, 

 a saw-fly (Tenthredinidae), 3 Muscidae, and a beetle (Bot. Jaarb. Dodonaea, Ghent, 

 vi, 1894, pp. 181-2). 



In Dumfriesshire (Scott-Elliot, 'Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 41) there were 

 observed, — Apis, Syrphidae, Empidae, and Muscidae. 



Burkill (' Fertilisation of Spring Flowers ') observed the following on the coast 

 of Yorkshire. — A. Coleoptera. (a) Chrysomelidae: i. Longitarsus fuscicollis /^(?«(fr. 

 (jb) Colydiidae: 2. Coninomus nodifer Weslw. {c) Nitidulidae : 3. Meligethes picipes 

 Sturm., freq., skg. B. Diptera. (a) Muscidae : 4. Onesia cognata Mg., one instance, 

 skg.; 5. Lucilia cornicina i^., skg. and po-dvg.; 6. Pollenia rudis /'., one instance; 

 7. Scatophaga stercoraria Z., freq., skg. and po-dvg.; 8. Sepsis nigripes Mg., 

 occasional, skg. and po-dvg. (d) Empidae: 9. Empis sp., one instance, skg. (c) 

 Phoridae: 10. Phora sp. id) Syrphidae : 11. Cheilosia nebulosa Verral; 12. Eristalis 

 arbustorum Z., one instance, skg.; 13. E. pertinax Scop., freq., skg. and po-dvg.; 

 14. Melanostoma quadrimaculatum Verral, 2 andS, skg. ; 15. Syrphus lasiophthal- 

 mus Ze/l., skg. C. Hymenoptera. (a) Apidae: 16. Andrena clarkella .A!"., skg.; 



17. A. gwynana K., § and J, occasional, skg.; 18. A. nigro-aenea K. 5; 19. Apis 

 mellifica Z. 5, one instance, skg. and po-cltg.; 20. Bombus agrorum F., one instance. 

 {b) Formicidae: 21. Formica fusca Z. (f) Ichneumonidae : 22. Ichneumon sp., skg. 

 D. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera: 23. Vanessa urticae Z., skg. E. Thysanoptera. 

 24. Thrips sp. 



II. Coptis Salisb. 



74. Coptis trifolia Salisb. — This species is native to Greenland, Norway, 

 Siberia, Kamchatka, and Japan, also ranging from Alaska to Labrador. There 

 are five white sepals veined with purple, and 6 mm. long. The five or more hood- 

 shaped orange-yellow petals are very much smaller, being only 2 mm. in length. 

 They secrete nectar, and the stamens project beyond them. Warming states that 

 this northern plant is homogamous in Greenland. He could not determine the 

 presence of nectar. The flower belongs either to C or Po. 



12. Caltha L. 



Flowers homogamous, with half-concealed nectar. The large yellow sepals 

 serve to attract insects : there are no petals. Nectar is secreted in two shallow 

 depressions, one on either side of each ovary (Fig. 10). 



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