5o8 ANGIOSPERMAE—DICOTYLEDONES 



Ruppin the umbellules of primary umbels bear marginal hermaphrodite and central 

 male flowers ; secondary ones possess a few marginal hermaphrodite and numerous 

 central male flowers ; tertiary umbels are completely or almost completely male. 



Visitors. — Herm. Miiller (H. M.) and Buddeberg (Budd.) observed the following 

 (Herm. Miiller, 'Fertilisation,' p. 286; ' Weit. Beob.,' I, p. 307; ' Alpenblumen,' 

 p. 122). — 



A. Coleoptera. (a) Malacodermata : i. Trichodes apiariusZ., nect-lkg. (H. M.). 

 B. Diptera. (a) Dolichopodidae : 2. Gymnopternus germanus Wi'edem., nect-lkg. 

 (H. M.). {6) Muscidae : 3. Gymnosoma rotundata L., in large numbers (H. M.). 

 (c) Syrphidae: 4. Ascia podagrica F., nect-lkg. (H. M.). C. Hymenoptera. 

 (fl) Apidae : 5. Prosopis variegata F. i (H. IM.). {d) Sphegidae : 6. Cerceris 

 quinquefasciata Jiossr $, nect-lkg. (Budd.); 7. Ceropales maculata F. i and 5, 

 numerous (H. M.); 8. Crabro cribrarius Z. S (H. M.); 9. C. sp. (H. M., Alps), 

 nect-lkg.; 10. C. vagus Z. 5 (H. M.); 11. Oxybelus bellicosus 0/. (H. M.) ; 12. O. 

 uniglumis Z., numerous (H. M.). (c) Tenthredinidae: 13. Tenthredo notha Kl. 

 (Budd.). (d) Vespidae: 14. Odynerus parietum L. (H. M.). D. Lepidoptera. 

 15. Pieris rapae Z. (H. M.). 



Willis (' Fls. and Insects in Gt. Britain,' Part I) gives the following for the 

 neighbourhood of the south coast of Scotland, all skg. — 



A. Diptera. {a) Muscidae: i. Agromyza flaveola Fall.; 2. Anthomyia 

 radicum Z. ; 3. Hylemyia strigosa F. ; 4. Phorbia floccosa Macq. ; 5. Stomoxys 

 calcitrans Z. (li) Syrphidae : 6. Platycheirus albimanus F. B. Hemiptera. 

 7. Anthocoris sp. C. Hymenoptera. (a) Apidae : 8. Halictus sp. {i) Ichneu- 

 monidae: 9. 4 undetermined species. D. Lepidoptera. (a) Noctiddae: 10. Plusia 

 gamma Z. (3) Rhopalocera: 11. Epinephele janira Z. (c) Microlepidoptera: 

 12. Simaethis fabriciana Steph. 



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



Loew (Mecklenburg), the true wasp Vespa sylvestris Scop. J, skg. (' Beitrage,' 

 p. 38). Alfken (Bremen), A. Coleoptera. (a) Chrysomelidae: i. Lema duodecim- 

 punctata Z. {h) Tekphoridae : 2. Malachius aeneus Z. B. Hymenoptera. 

 (a) Tenthredinidae : 3. Allantus temulus Scop.; 4. Arge enodis Z. ; 5. A. ustulalaZ.; 

 6. Dolerus fissus Hlg. ; 7. Macrophya quadrimaculata F. ; 8. Pachyprotasis rapae Z. 

 Sickmann (Osnabriick), the parasitic fossorial wasp Ceropales maculatus F. MacLeod 

 (Flanders), 3 short-tongued Hymenoptera, 5 hover-liies, 4 Muscids, and a Lepidopterid 

 (Bot. Jaarb. Dodonaea, Ghent, vi, 1894, pp. 279-80). 



1185. T. nodosa Gaertn. ( = Caucahs fallax Boiss. ct Balansa). — 



Visitors. — Schletterer (Pola) observed a ruby-wasp (EUampus auratus Z.), 

 2 ichneumon flies (Acaeniiis fulvicornis Gr., and Anisobus sp.), and a saw-fly (Argae 

 rosae Z.). 



1186. T. infesta Roth ( = Caucalis infesia Vest). — According to Schulz 

 ('Beitrage,' II, pp. 91, 191), this species is andromonoecious, with homogamous 

 or slightly protandrous hermaphrodite flowers, in which self-pollination can easily 

 take place. 



Visitors. — MacLeod (Pyrenees) observed a Muscid (Bot. Jaarb. Dodonaea, 

 Ghent, iii, 1891, p. 407); Schletterer (Pola) saw the ichneumon fly Glypta pictipes 

 Taschenb. 



