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Willis and Bur kill. — Flowers and 
F. Road from A uchencairn to Collin (CL). About a mile 
from the village this road has broad green sides, covered 
with masses of Angelica , Pimpinella , Spiraea , Leontodon , &c. 
The flowers will now be treated of in systematic order, 
giving lists of visitors and references to previous papers. In 
the lists of Diptera, the Syrphidae are placed first as being 
long-tongued. 
Abbreviations : — -s. h. = sucking honey ; c. p. = collecting 
pollen ; f. p. = feeding on pollen ; ab. = abundant ; freq. = 
frequent ; do. = ditto. F. H., CL, &c. are explained above. 
The date of observation is given. 
COMPOSITAE : 1 . Leontodon autumnalis L. [Class B'. See 
Literature, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 11 , 14 , 15 , 17 , 18 , 25 , 48 b.] This flower 
abounds in the district, and is very abundantly visited by 
short-tongued flies ; one at least, and often as many as six or 
eight, may usually be seen on every head. They feed upon 
pollen, manipulating the anther-tube with their forelegs and 
proboscis. Though so numerous they are comparatively of 
little importance in the work of fertilization. 
Visitors. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera : (i) Lycaena icarus Rott., 
s. h. F. H. Rd. 6. 9. 94. Heterocera: Tortricidae\ (2) Simaethis 
fabriciana L., do. Crambidae : (3) Crambus sp.?, 5.9.94. Hymenop- 
tera. Aculeata : Acutilingues : (4) Bombus terrestris L., s. h. Rase. 
Rd. 7. 9. 94. (5) B. muscorum L., do., 5. 9. 94. (6) Halictus rubi- 
cundus Chr., s. h. freq. Terebrantia : Chalcididae: (7) one sp* 
Diptera. Syrphidae : (8) Platychirus manicatus Mg., f. p. freq. CL 
3. 9. 94. (9) Syrphus ribesii L., s. h. and f. p. freq. 3-10. 9. 94. (10) 
Sphaerophoria scripta L., f. p. freq. CL 3. 9. 94. (n) S. sp.?, do. (12) 
Brachyopa bicolor Fin., s. h. F. H. Rd. 6. 9. 94. (13) Sericomyia 
borealis Fin., f. p., do., n. 9. 94. (14) Eristalis aeneus Scop., f. p. Cl. 
3. 9. 94. (15) E. tenax L., f. p. F. H. Rd. 11. 9. 94. (16) E. per- 
tinax Scop., do. Mycetophilidae : (17) Sciara sp.? f. p.? Anthomyiidae\ 
(18) Trichophthicus cunctans Mg., f. p. CL 3. 9. 94. (19) Anthomyia 
radicum L., do. (20) A. sp. ?, do. Ephydridae : (21) Hydrellia griseola 
Fin., do. Coleoptera: (22) Sitones puncticollis Steph.,do. Hemiptera: 
(23) Calocoris fulvo-maculatus De G., CL 3. 9. 94. (24) C. 
