. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. LEGUMINOSAE 295 MacLeod saw the bee Halictus flavipes F. 5, in Flanders (Bot. Jaarb. Dodonaea, Ghent, vi, 1894, p. 350). In Dumfriesshire a humble-bee and 2 hover-flies have been recorded (Scott- Elliot, 'Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 45). 695. T. nigrescens Viv.— Visitors.—Schletterer noticed the following bees at Pola.— I. Andrena flavipes Pz.; 2. A. lucens Imh.; 3. A. parvula K.; 4. Eucera parvula Friese, very frequent; 5. Halictus interruptus Pz.; 6. H. le
. Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' . Fertilization of plants. LEGUMINOSAE 295 MacLeod saw the bee Halictus flavipes F. 5, in Flanders (Bot. Jaarb. Dodonaea, Ghent, vi, 1894, p. 350). In Dumfriesshire a humble-bee and 2 hover-flies have been recorded (Scott- Elliot, 'Flora of Dumfriesshire,' p. 45). 695. T. nigrescens Viv.— Visitors.—Schletterer noticed the following bees at Pola.— I. Andrena flavipes Pz.; 2. A. lucens Imh.; 3. A. parvula K.; 4. Eucera parvula Friese, very frequent; 5. Halictus interruptus Pz.; 6. H. levigatus K. 5; 7. H. variipes Mor.; 8. Megachile argentata F.; 9. M. muraria L.; 10. Osmia gallarum Spin.; 11. O. tridentata Du/. el P&.; 12. O. versicolor Ltr. 696. T. parviflortun Ehrh.— Visitors.—Schletterer observed the bee Halictus variipes Mor. at Pola. 697. T. alpinum L. (Herm. Miiller, ' Alpenblumen,' pp. 240-1.)—In this species the expanded base of the vexillum surrounds the inner parts of the flower for a length of about 10 mm., so that among all the Alpine Hymenoptera only humble-bees can reach the nectar. Visitors. — Herm. Miiller observed in the Alps 8 species of humble- bee, nect-skg. or po-cltg. (besides Bombus terrester L. as a nectar-thief), and 4 species of Lepidoptera skg. or attempting to suck. Loew noticed the following in Switzerland ('Beilrage,' p. 62).— A. Hymenoptera. Apidae: i. Bombus alti- cola Kriechb. 5, skg.; 2. B. mucidus Gerst. 5, do.; 3. B. rajellus K. 5, do.;. Fig. 94. Trifoliuni alpinum, L. (after Herm, Miiller). A. Flower seen from below {X3^). B. The same, after removal of the calj'x and vexillum ; seen from above : d, alar claw. C Anterior part of the same flower, after removal of the right ala, and depression of the carina and leJt ala; seen from the side, d, claw of the carina; ca, calyx ; yj vexillum ; 7?, alae ; sch, carina; h, nectar-passage; a, anthers ; b, upper free filament; c, fused filaments; st, stigma; x, poi
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