COMPOSITAE 677 



Visitors. — Herm. MOller gives the following list for Westphalia (' Fertilisation,' 



P- 358).- 



A. Diptera. (a) Bombyliidae : i. Systoechus sulphureus Mik., skg. (Sauerland). 

 (b) Conopidae: 2. Sicus ferrugineus Z., skg. (c) Syrphidae: 3. Cheilosia sp. ; 

 4. Eristalis arbustorum Z., very common, po-dvg. and skg. ; 5. E. horticola Deg., 

 po-dvg. and skg.; 6. Melithreptus taeniatus Mg., do.; 7. Sericomyia lappona Z., 

 skg. (Sauerland); 8. Volucella pellucens Z., in large numbers, skg. (Sauerland). 

 B. Hymenoptera. (a) Apidae : 9. Andrena coitana K. 5 and 5, skg. and po-cltg. ; 

 10. A. fulvescens Sm. 5, do., dusting itself with large quantities of pollen; n. 

 Psithyrus barbutellus K. 5, skg.; 12. Bombus pratorum Z. 5, skg. and po-cltg.; 

 13. Halictus albipes F. 5, po-cltg.; 14. A. cylindricus F. $, freq., po-cltg.; 15. H. 

 leucozonius Schr. 5, po-cltg.; 16. H. smeathmanellus K. 5, do.; 17. H. villosulus 

 K. 5, do. (3) Tenihredinidae : i8. Tenthredo sp., skg. C. Lepidoptera. 

 Rhopalocera : 19. Hesperia sylvanus Zi/., skg. 



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



MacLeod (Pyrenees), 9 bees, 7 Lepidoptera, 3 beetles, and 7 Muscids. Frey- 

 Gessner (Switzerland), the rare dasygastrid bee Eriadis grandis Nyl. Schenck 

 (Nassau), the bee Osmia leucomelaena K. Loew (Riigen), the bee Panurgus lobatus 

 F. S, skg. (' Beitrage,' p. 40) : Silesia, the hover-fly Pipiza noctiluca Z. (?), and the 

 bee Anthidium strigatum Pz. (op. cit., p. 32); Riesengebirge (R.) and Silesia (S.), 

 the hover-fly Cheilosia canicularis Pz., skg. (R.), and the bee Andrena shawella K. 5, 

 skg. (S.) (op. cit., p. 51): Switzerland (S.) and the Tyrol (T.) (op. cit., p. 59). — 



A. Diptera. Syrphidae: i. Cheilosia antiqua i)/^. (S.) ; 2. Merodon cinereus /". 

 (S.); 3. Syrphus confusus Z^^. (?) (S.). B. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 4. Andrena 

 proxima .^. 5 (T.). C. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera: 5. Argynnis pales 5.-F. (S.); 

 6. Colias phicomene Esp. (S.); 7. Erebia medea S.-V. (S.); 8. Mehtaea parthenie 

 5M.(S.): (Berlin Botanic Garden). — A. Diptera. Syrphidae: i. Eristalis arbustorum 

 Z. ; 2. E. nemorum Z. ; 3. E. tenax Z. ; 4. Syrphus balteatus Deg.; 5. S. ribesii Z. 



B. Hemiptera. 6. Strachia oleracea Z. C. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 7. Halictus 

 villosulus K. 5, skg. D. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera : 8. Pieris brassicae Z., skg. ; 

 9. Vanessa urticae Z., do. Herm. Miiller (Alps, L. hastilis, L. pyrenaeus, and other 

 sp.), 6 beetles, 21 flies, 29 Hymenoptera, and 43 Lepidoptera (' Alpenblumen,' 

 pp. 466-8). Scott-Elliot (Dumfriesshire), Apis, a humble-bee, and a Muscid (' Flora 

 of Dumfriesshire,' p. 102). 



1613. L. asper Poir. — 



Visitors. — Loew (Berlin Botanic Garden) observed a hover-fly (Syrphus ribesii 

 Z.) and 2 bees (Halictus villosulus K. 5, po-cltg., and Heriades truncorum Z. 5, do.). 



1614. L. crispus Vill. — 



Visitors. — Loew (Berlin Botanic Garden) observed 2 bees (Halictus villosulus 

 K. 5, po-cltg., and Psithyrus campestris Pz. S, skg.). 



1615. L. pyrenaicus Gouan (?). — 



Visitors. — MacLeod observed a hover-fly and a Muscid in the Pyrenees, 



490. Picris L. 



Florets yellow. Sweeping-hairs and stigmatic papillae as in Leontodon. — 



1616. P. hieracioides L. (Herm. Miiller, 'Fertilisation,' pp. 352-3, 'Weit. 

 Beob.,' Ill, p. 96.) — Hermann Miiller states that in this species there are 44 to 75 

 florets in a head, and the marginal ones are larger than those in the centre. In 

 sunny weather the capitulum spreads out into a golden-yellow disk 24-36 mm. 



