514 = Jowrnal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. LDegemimen, 1906.. 
just big ae’ for it (1 mm. co and so into the hone ey cham- 
ber. it 
enters the chamber above, and most of the honey is- 
below, the tongue has again to pass round the style to reach it. 
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The total length of the honey chamber from the point where ihe 
tongue enters, to the place where the honey collects, is 10O—11m 
A tongue length of 16—19 mm. is necessary to drain the PIBE cp 
Creeping insects very rarely enter the flower, and never seem 
to find the honey chamber 
Visitors in Calcutta— 
HYMENOPTERA AcuLETA. Apidae. (1) Xy saat nate _ ae 
tober 
sucking honey, July, August, September, 
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Visitors to the extra-floral nectaries—Several species of ants. 
ve seen this plant in the Assam forests, where it fruits: 
I hav 
fairly abundantly ; but [have not had any opportunities of watch- 
ing it for insect visitors. Large black ants there patrol the inflo- 
resences feeding at the fslgar ous. nectaries, and at the floral nec- 
taries just after the fall in the corolla. T do not interfere 
hey 
with the Mylabris beetles Bick devour the corollas from inside. 
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