568 ANGIOSPERMAE—DICOTYLEDONES 



Loew (Berlin Botanic Garden), the Muscid Echinomyia fera L. Krieger 

 (Leipzig), 4 bees — i. Andrena marginata F. (=A. cetii Schr.); 2. Nomada 

 jacobaeae Pz. ; 3. N. roberjeotiana Pz. ; 4. N. solidaginis Pz. 



1303. S. lucida VilL— According to Schulz ('Beitrage,' I, p. 65, II, p. 192), 

 this species agrees with the last as regards the protandry of the hermaphrodite flowers, 

 gynomonoecism, and the course of anthesis. 



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

 stated. — 



Herm. Miiller (Alps), 4 Lepidoptera and a hover-fly (' Alpenblumen,' p. 401). 

 Loew (Berlin Botanic Garden). — A. Diptera. Syrphidae: i. Helophilus pendulusZ. 

 B. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 2. Bombus agrorum F. S, skg. ; 3. B. lapidarius L. J, 

 do. ; 4. Heriades truncorum L. t>, po-cltg. C. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera : 5. 

 Argynnis aglaja Z. 



1304. S. gramuntia L. — Schulz describes this species as being gynomonoecious 

 with protandrous hermaphrodite flowers at Bozen ('Beitrage,' II, p. 192). 



Visitors. — Schletterer (Pola) saw the bee Halictus calceatus Scop. 



1305. S. Dallaportae Heldr. — 



Visitors — Loew observed a hover-fly (Helophilus trivittatus F.), a bee (Apis 

 mellifica Z. 5, skg.), and a butterfly (Rhodocera rhamni Z., skg.), in the Berlin 

 Botanic Garden. 



1306. S. daucoides Desf. — 



Visitors. — Loew observed the following in the Berlin Botanic Garden. — 



A. Diptera. Syrphidae : i. Eristalis aeneus Scop. ; 2. E. intricarius Z. 

 3. Helophilus trivittatus F.; 4. Pipiza festiva Mg. B. Hymenoptera. Apidae 

 5. Apis mellifica Z. 5, skg. ; 6. Bombus lapidarius Z. 5, do. ; 7. B. terrester Z. S, do. 

 8. Stelis aterrima Pz. 5, do. C. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera: 9. Pieris brassicae Z., 

 skg. ; 10. Vanessa urticae Z., do. 



1307. S. Hladnikiana Host. — 



Visitors. — Loew observed 2 hover-flies (Syrphus balteatus Deg., and Volucella 

 pellucens Z., skg.), and a butterfly (Pieris brassicae Z., skg.), in the Berlin Botanic 

 Garden. 



1308. S. ucranica L. — 



Visitors. — Loew saw a hover-fly (Syrphus corollae F^ in the Berlin Botanic 

 Garden. 



1309. S. atropurpurea L. (=S. maritimaZ.). — 



Visitors. — Plateau (Belgium) observed bees (Apis, Bombus hypnorum L., 

 Megachile ericetorum Lep^, hover-flies (Eristalis tenax Z., Syrphus sp.), and butter- 

 flies (Vanessa c-album Z., Pieris napi Z.). These insects visited with about equal 

 frequency the purple, red, rose-coloured, and white capitula. — For the butterflies, — 

 Vanessa io Z., Pieris brassicae Z., and P. napi Z., this also applied to the larger 

 capitula (4-5 cm. diameter) of a sub-species. 



LV. ORDER COMPOSITAE Adans. 



Sprengel long ago called attention to the advantageous oecological peculiarities 

 of the Compositae (' Entd. Geh.,' p. 365). Even before his time, Kolreuter had 



