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to a plant of Monarda. However, while the latter obtained only a third as 

 many visitors, these averaged 12 visits to it in contrast to 6 for the former. 

 In the three related series, the total number of visits to normal Monarda 

 flowers was 2,397, to mutilated ones 452, and to the various competing 

 flowers 449. There were outstanding differences between the different 



Table 84. — Bouquet competition of a group. 



Table 85. — Competition of normal and mutilated Monarda and other species. 

 First Series. 



Species. 



Normal 

 Monarda. 



Total 

 mutilated 

 Monarda. 



Monarda 

 composite. 



Chamae- 

 nerium 



Normal 

 Geranium. 



Total 

 competi- 

 tors. 



Clisodon 



Bombus appositus. . 



bifarius. . . . 



occidentalis 



Argynnis 



Atrytone 



Erynnis 



Prosopis 



Total 



Clisodon 



Bombus appositus . . 



bifarius .... 



occidentalis 



Monumetha 



Syrphus 



Atrytone 



Gnophaela 



Total 



Grand total . . 



87 





 

 

 

 

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