Insects in Great Britain. 
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TABLE VII. 
Class. 
No. of Flowers. 
Lepidoptera. 
Long-tongued 
Bees. 
Short-tongued 
Bees. 
Other Hymenop- 
tera. 
Long-tongued 
Diptera. 
Short tongued 
Diptera. 
g 
1 
<D 
g 
4 
8 
9 
19 
4 
44 
Other insects. 
Total. 
% 
Po 
A 
AB 
B 
B' 
H 
F 
4 
6 
2 
10 
13 
J 9 
2 
6 
1 
25 
47 
20 
1 
2 
27 
40 
49 
2 
3 
3 
10 
5 
j ir. « | 
31 
4 
38 
80 
27 
1 
18 
89 
9 
43 
92 
24 
3 
5 
7 
] 7 
4 
40 
207 
14 
167 
316 
i 37 
3 
4 * 5 2 
23-40 
1.58 
18-89 
35*75 
15-50 
0-34 
Total 
56 
99 
121 
21 
96 
192 
2 75 
36 
884 
% 
1 1-20 
13.69 
2-37 
io-86 
21-72 
3 1 * 11 
4.98 
4.0 
% Low 
Germany 
6.9 
23-1 
18-0 
io*6 
19-6 
10-9 
8.9 
0.9 
Mullers total recorded visits in Low Germany (Fert. of 
Firs. p. 654) amount to 5231, almost six times as many as 
ours, and cover the whole flower season. Ours are chiefly 
made in August and September (a few in July at Cambridge, 
and Hedera in November). Allowing, however, for the effect 
of this factor, it is still evident from these figures as well as 
from those given previously that in the British flower-visiting 
insect fauna we have, as compared with Low Germany. 
(1) A larger proportion of Lepidoptera (especially in the 
west) and short-tongued Diptera , especially the latter. 
(2) A smaller proportion of Hymenoptera , especially the 
short-tongued bees and other short-lipped species (other than 
the Ichneumonidae and their allies). 
Scott-Elliot’s observations ( 22 , 23 ) support these con- 
clusions. They are rather fragmentary, as the insects are 
not always named or the exact number of species given, and 
are as yet not all published. On about 76 flowers, chiefly 
Ranunculaceae, Cruciferae, Caryophyllaceae, Geraniaceae, &c. 
(and thus mainly of the lower flower classes), about 200 
