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Willis and Bur kill. — Flowers and 
ptogramma ?, sh. n. VII. 96, 700 ft. Hymenoptera. Aculeata: Apidae : 
(4) Apis mellifica L., sh. 24. VI.-22. VII. 95, 5-1 1. VII. 96, 7-800 
ft. (5) Bombus pratorum L., sh. 4. VII. 95, 800 ft. (6) B. lapponi. 
cus F., sh. 20. VI. 95, 18. VI.-10. VII. 96, 8-2,300 ft. (7) B. 
agrorum F., sh. 22. VI.-6. VII. 95, 800 ft. (8) B. venustus Smith, 
sh. 26. VI. 95, 800 ft. Diptera. Empidae : (9) Empis tesselata F., 
sh. 5. VII. 95, 800 ft. Bibionidae : (10) Bibio pomonae F., ? fp. n. 
VII. 96, 700 ft. Cordyluridae : (n) Scatophaga maculipes Zett., ? fp. 
2. VII. 95, 800 ft. 
125. Lotus corniculatus, Linn. [Lit. Brit. 23 , 34 ; Farrer 
653 ; N.CE. 1 , 3 b, 11 , 12 , 14 , 14 a, 15 , 16 , 18 , 21 b, 25 , 30 , 
32 , 33 , 34 ; Warnstorf 2507 ; Alps 2 , 9 , 16 , 34 ; Pyren. 17 ; 
Medit. 34 .] A Bombus-flower, fertilized at Clova by B. lap- 
ponicus and B. agrorum. The butterflies, which visit, are to 
it robbers. The tongue of Apis is hardly long enough to 
reach the honey. Kerner speaks of dark-coloured flowers 
occurring at high levels ; once we found such at 2,400 ft. 
Visitors. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera : (1) Argynnis aglaia L., sh. 
23. VI. 95, 900 ft. once. (2) Lycaena icarus Rott., sh. 22. VI.-8. 
VII. 95, 18. VI.-10. VII. 96, 7-1,000 ft., the male much more freq. 
than the female. Heterocera : Geometridae : (3) Fidonia atomaria L., 
15. VI. 99, 1,100 ft. (4) Another sp. 15. VI. 99, 12-1,500 ft. Hymeno- 
ptera. Aculeata: Apidae : (5) Apis mellifica L., sh. 16. VI. 95, 700 
ft. (6) Bombus terrestris L., sh. 1-8. VII. 95, 800 ft. (7) B. pratorum 
L., 26. VI. 95, 800 ft. (8) B. lapponicus F., cp. and sh. 26. VI.-i. 
VII. 95, 22. VI.-10. VII. 96, 19. VI. 99, 8-2,300 ft. (9) B. lapi- 
darius L., sh. 6-1 1. VII. 96, 800 ft. (10) B. agrorum F., sh. and cp. 
25. VI.-23. VII. 95, 14-15. VI. 99, 8-1,100 ft. (n) B. venustus 
Smith, sh. 16. Vl.-n. VII. 96, 700 ft. (12) B. hortorum 
L., sh. 15. VI. 99, 800 ft. Petiolata tubulifera: Vespidae : (13) 
Odynerus pictus Curt., 25. VI. 95, 800 ft. Diptera. Tachinidae\ 
(14) Siphona geniculata Deg., seeking h. 16. VI. 99, 800 ft. Mus- 
cidae : (15) Calliphora sp., seeking h. 15. V. 95, 900 ft. Anthony iidae : 
(16) Hyetodesia incana W., 22. VI. 95, 800 ft. (17) Drymia hamata 
Fin., 26. VI. 96, 2,300 ft. 
126. Oxytropis campestris, DC. [Lit. Arct. 7 ; Alps 2 , 
16 . ] The flower is usually creamy white with two yellow 
