Insects in Great Britain. 
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Visitors. Lepidoptera. Heterocera : Noctuidae\ (1) Plusia pul- 
chrina Haw., sh. 22. VI. 95. Hymenoptera. Aculeata : Apidae : 
(2) Apis mellifica L., cp. and seeking h. 20-22. VI. 95. (3) Bombus 
hortorum L., sh. 22. VI. 96, 18. VI. 99. Diptera. Empidae'. (4) 
Empis punctata Mg., seeking h. 21. VI. 96. Anthomyiidae : (5) 
Trichophthicus sp., fp. 20-23?. VI. 95. All at 800 ft. 
Class H § 13. Lychnis Type. 
94<> Lychnis diurna, Sibth. [Lit. Brit . 23 , 39 ; White 
2548 ; N.C.E. 1, 11, 21 a, 34 ; De Vries 2460 ; Arct. 36 ; 
Alps 2 , 9 , 16 .] This flower is little visited at Clova, where 
the tube is 10-1 5 mm. long. In the Alps many butterflies 
seem to go to it. 
Visitors. Diptera. Syrphidae : (1) Platychirus manicatus Mg., 
? fp. 15. VI. 99, 900 ft. (2) Rhingia campestris Mg., sh! 25. VI. 95, 
800 ft. Coleoptera. (3) Meligethes viridescens F., sh. and fp. 25. 
VI. -4. VII. 95, 15. VI. 99, 8-900 ft. 
95. Lychnis flos-cuculi, Linn. [Lit. Brit. 23 ; N.C.E. 1, 
3 b, 14 , 16 , 18 , 21 a, 21 b, 25 , 34 ; De Vries 2460 ; Alps 9 .] 
A bee and Lepidoptera-flower, with (at Clova) a tube 7-9 mm. 
long. 
Visitors. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera : (1) Lycaena icarus Rott., 
sh. 26. VI. 95, 800 ft. Hymenoptera. Aculeata: Apidae : (2) 
Bombus lapponicus F., seeking h. 26. VI. 95, 800 ft. (3) B. agrorum 
F., sh. 21. IX. 95, 900 ft. Diptera. Syrphidae'. (4) Rhingia cam- 
pestris Mg., sh. 26. VI.-i. VII. 95, 800 ft. (5) Platychirus manicatus 
Mg., seeking h. and fp. 23. VI.-4. VII. 95, 800 ft. Empidae\ (6) 
Empis tessellata F., sh. 1. VII. 95, 800 ft. Anthomyiidae'. (7) 1 sp., 
23. VI. 95, 800 ft. 
g6. Lychnis alpina, Linn. [Lit. Brit. 26 ; Arct. 36 , 38 ; 
Axell 81 ; Alps 9 , 34 ; Kirchner 1185 .] The following account 
is drawn up from Clova specimens. The flower is strongly 
proterandrous. After the dehiscence of the anthers, the stamens 
bend outwards ; then the styles elongate and separate, bending 
so as eventually to be at right angles to the ovary across the 
mouth of the flower. Ultimate autogamy is possible by 
