428 ANGIOSPERMAE—DICOTYLEDONES 



Herm. Miiller (H. M.) in the Fichtelgebirge and Buddeberg (Budd.) in Nassau 

 also observed the following. — 



A. Coleoptera. (a) Byrrhidae: i. Byrrhus pilula Z., skg. (H. M.). {b) 

 Cerambycidac: 2. Leptura maculicornis Dcg., freq., skg. (H. M.). B. Diptera. 

 (a) Bomhyliidae: 3. Bombylius canescens Mikan, skg. (Budd.). {b) Muscidae: 4. 

 Echinomyia fera Z., skg. (H. M.) ; 5. E. grossa Z., do. (H. M.). C. Hymenoptera. 

 Apidae: 6. Chelostoma campanularum K. 5, skg. (liudd.); 7. Halictus albipes F. $, 

 do. (H. M.) ; 8. H. flavipes F. $, do. (H. W.) ; 9. H. interruptus Pz. ?, do. (Budd.) ; 

 10. Prosopis armillala Nyl. 5, do. (Budd.); 11. P. signata Pz. J, do. (H. I\I.) ; 12. 

 Psithyrus quadricolor I.fp. J, do. (H. M.). 



Schenck saw the bee Anthidium lituratum Pz., and quotes Friese as recording 

 the parasitic bee Stelis signata Ltr. for Nassau. 



Loew observed the following in Switzerland. — 



A. Coleoptera. {a) Cerambycidac: 1. Stenopterus rufus Z. ; 2. Strangalia 

 armata ZTij/. ; 3. S. nielanura Z. (//) Ckridae: 4. Trichodes apiarius Z. (r) Oedc- 

 men'dae: ,-;. Oedemera coerulea Z, ; 6. O. flavescens Z. ; 7. O. flavipes F. B. 

 Hymenoptera. Apidae: 8. Prosopis alpina ilZ*;-. C. Lepidoptera. (a) Sesiidae: 

 9. Sesia formicaeformis Z.f/. [b) Zygaenidae : 10. Syntomis phegea Z. ; ii.Zygaena 

 filipendulac Z. 



Y. F. Kohl noticed 3 wasps (i. Vespa crabro Z., 2. Eumenes pomaformis F., 

 and 3. Odynerus bidentatus Lep.) in the 'J'yrol. 



MacLeod saw 2 Lepidoptera, 7 beetles, and 13 flies in the Pyrenees (Bot. Jaarb. 

 Dodonaea, Ghent, iii, 1891, p. 419). 



1006. S. Aizoon L. — 



^'ISITORS. — Loew noticed the humble-bee liombus lapidarius Z. 5-, skg., in the 

 Berlin Botanic Garden. 



1007. S. spectabile Ber. — 



A'lsi'ioRS. — Loew observed a Syrphid (Erislalis lenax Z.) and a bee (Halictus 

 minutissimus K. 5) in the Berlin Botanic Garden. 



1008. S. anglicum Huds. — The flowers of this species are of a whitish-rose 

 colour. 



Visitors. — MacLeod saw a bee, a beetle, a Syrphid, and a Muscid in the 

 I'yrenees, 



In Dumfriesshire 2 Stratiomyids and a I\Iiis(_id were recorded (Scott-Elliot, 

 ' Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. (h)). 



282. Sempervivum Rupp. 



Flowers prolandrous, red or yellowish-while; with concealed nectar secreted at 

 the bases of the carpels. 



1009. S. Wulfeni Hoppe. (Herm. Mailer, 'Alpenblumen,' pp. 83-4 ; Schulz, 

 ' Beitrage,' 11, pp. 79-80,) — Hermann IMiiller describes the flowers of this species 

 as being so markedly protandrous that automatic self-pollination appears to be 

 excluded. According to A. Schulz, who also studied the plants in the Ortler district, 

 the protandry is not so marked, autogani) sometimes taking place, though perhaps 

 not often. 



