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Leguminosae. — Podalyria, Virgilia, Psoralea, Crotalaria, Dolichos 



and other genera are specially visited by large Hymenoptcra, 



e.g., Anthofhora concinna, A. rapida, A. farinosa. 



Acacia horrida, Willd., by Mylahris plagiata, Pachnoda cincia 



and Rhabdotis semipunctata. 

 Geraniaceae. — Monsonia speciosa, by Ajiisonyx Ursiis and Pelar 



goniiim cucullatum Ait., by Pangonia rostrata. 

 Oxalidaceae. — Oxalis cernna Thunb., by bees. 



Zygophyllaceae. — Zygophyllum foetidiim Schr., by Jtilodis Kliigi. 

 RuTACEAE. — Agathosnia species, by bees and beetles. 



Diosnia vulgaris Schlecht., by bees. 

 PoLYGALACEAE.- — Polygala myrtijoUa L., by bees. 

 EuPHORBiACEAE. — Euphorbia Caput Medusae L., by bees and flies 



e.g. 

 Celastraceae. — Gymuosporia buxifolia Szysz.. and Cassiuc capcn- 



sis L., by various flies. 

 Rhamnaceae. — Phylica stipularis L., and P. buxifolia L., by Lep- 



tonura Clytus. 

 Tiliaceae. — Grewia occidcntalis L., by Anihophora. 

 Umbelliferae. — Peucedanum Galbanum Bth. et Hook., by bees 



beetles and flies. 

 Plumbaginace^. — Plumbago capensis, by Chaerocampus capensis. 

 AsclepiadI\ceae. — Stapelia grandif,ora Masson, and some other 



large species, by green carrion flies [Lti cilia), which visit these 



flowers not only for the sake of food-, but deposit also their 



eggs on them. 



St. variegata L., is visited by some grey flies. 

 Boraginaceae. — Lobostemon glaucophyllus Buek., by bees and 



beetles, viz. Anisonyx Ursus. 

 Verbenace^. — Selago serrata Berg, by beetles and Lycaena. 

 Labiatae. — Salvia africana L., by several kinds of small bees. 

 Acanthace^. — Duvernoia adhatoides, by AntJiophora. 

 Campanulaceae. — Lobelia pinifolia L., by Papilio demodocus. 



L. Erinus L., by TLycacna. 

 Compositae. — Gazania pinnata\^&%%., Arctotis acaulis L., and other 



species of these and allied genera, by Anisonyx Ursus and other 



hairy beetles, which visit them in day time, and often sleep in 



the flowerheads during the night or rainy weather. 



Dimorphotheca pluvialis Moench, by Enipis bevillata. 



Othonna tuberosa Thunb., and other composites, by Acraea 



horta. 



List of Insects. 



Lepidoptera. 

 Acraea horta L., Chaerocampus capensis, L., Leptonura 

 Clytus L., Lycaena, Sp., Mcneris Tulbaghia L., Papilo demodocus 

 Esp. 



