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lineola O. (H. M.); 13. Lycaena sp. (H. M.); 14. Melanargia galatea Z. (H. M.); 

 15. Pararge egeria L. (H. M.); 16. Pieris rapae L. (H. M.); 17. Thecla quercus L. 

 (H. M.); 18. Vanessa io Z., freq. (H. M., Budd.). D. Neuroptera. 19. Panorpa 

 communis Z., skg. (H. M.). 



Burkill observed the following on the east coast of Scotland (' Fls. and Insects 

 in Great Britain,' Part I). — 



A. Coleoptera. NUiduUdae: i. Meligethes picipes Sturm, po-dvg. B. Di- 

 ptera, {a) Muscidae: 2. Anthomyia brevicornis ^^/A, po-dvg. ; 3. A. radicum Z., 

 skg. and po-dvg. ; 4. Calliphora erythrocephala Mg., skg. ; 5. Lucilia comicina F., 

 do. ; 6. Onesia sepulcralis Mg. ; 7. Scatophaga stercoraria L. ; 8. Siphona geniculata 

 ^^S- (^) Syrphidae: 9. Eristalis horticola Deg., skg.; 10. E. pertinax Scop., do.; 

 II. E. tenax Z., do.; 12. Platycheirus manicatus Mg.; 13. Sphaerophoria scripta 

 Z.; 14. Syritta pipiens Z. ; 15. Syrphus ribesii Z. (c) Phoridae: 16. Phora sp. 

 C. Hjtnenoptera. (a) Apidae : 1 7. Bombus lapidarius Z., skg. (b) Formicidae : 

 18. Myrmica rubra Z., creeping over the inflorescences. D. Lepidoptera. 

 Rhopalocera : 19. Vanessa urticae Z., skg. 



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

 Knuth (Glucksburg), 2 butterflies, skg. (Vanessa io Z., and Pieris napi Z.), 

 and a hover-fly (Eristalis tenax Z.). The same at Kiel, also Apis, von Dalla Torre 

 (Tyrol), a true wasp (Vespa norvegica F.), a bee (Halictus leucopus AT. 5), a 

 parasitic humble-bee (Psithyrus campestris Pz. i), and 2 humble-bees (Bombus 

 muscorum F. 5). F. F. Kohl (Tyrol), the ruby-wasp Cleptes semiauratus Z. 

 Schletterer (Tyrol), a bee (Halictus leucopus .ff.), a parasitic humble-bee (Psithyrus 

 campestris Pz.), and 3 humble-bees (Bombus pomorum Pz.; B. soroensis Z. ; 

 B. variabilis Schmtedekn). Gerstacker (Kreuth), the commonest parasitic humble- 

 bee Psithyrus vestalis Fourcr. Alfken (Juist), the parasitic humble-bee Psithyrus 

 rupestris F. S. Schiner (Austria), the Tabanid Silvius vituli F. Frey (Switzerland), 

 the Muscid Callimorpha hera Z., and the moth Tortrix inopiana Haw. MacLeod 

 (Flanders), Apis and a Muscid (Bot. Jaarb. Dodonaea, Ghent, vi, 1894, p. 373); 

 also 4 hover-flies, a Muscid, and 3 Lepidoptera (op. cit., v, 1893, p. 410); 

 (Pyrenees), 3 Lepidoptera and a Muscid (op. cit., iii, 1891, p. 359). 



1311. E. riparium Regel. — Hildebrand (op. cit.) states that the mechanism of 

 this species agrees with that of E. cannabinum. 



1312. E. ageratoides L. — 



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

 Diptera. (a) Muscidae: i. Anthomyia sp. ; 2. Echinomyia fera Z. (h) Syr- 

 phidae: 3. Eristalis arbustorum Z. ; 4. E. nemorum Z. ; 5. Syritta pipiens L.; 

 6. Syrphus coroUae F. 



1313. E. pvirpureum L. — 



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

 A. Diptera. Syrphidae: i. Eristalis arbustorum Z.; 2. E. tenax Z. ; 3. 



Helophilus floreus Z. ; 4. Melithreptus scriptus Z.; 5. Syritta pipiens Z. ; 6. 



Syrphus ribesii Z., 1kg. and po-dvg. in the styles of some florets. B. Hymenoptera. 



Apidae : 7. Apis mellifica Z. 5, skg. ; 8. Bombus terrester Z. 5 and J, do. ; 9. Psithyrus 



rupestris F. J, do.; 10. P. vestalis Fourcr. S. C. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera: 



II. Pieris brassicae Z., skg.; 12. Vanessa c-album Z., do. 



413. Vemonia Schreb. 



1314. V. fasciculata Michx. — 



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



A. Diptera. Syrphidae: i. Syrphus balteatus Deg. B. Hymenoptera. 



