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Fabr., Pusa, 7.30 a.m., 26-V-07 ; Dalsing Sarai, 6.30 and 7.45 



a.m., 29-V-07, 8.30 a.m., 80-V-07,- Saing, 8.0 a.m., 31-V-07 ; 



Barh, 5 p.m., 4-vi-07 ; 8,0 and 



6-vi-07. (20) Smaller black ant, 



Dalsing Sai ai, 7.45—8.0 a.m'., 29-V-07; Sarai 10.0 a.m., l-vi-07 ; 



Barh, 5 p.m., 4-vi-07; 7.15—9.0, 5-vi-07 ; 7.0—8.0 6.vi-07; 



Matramir. 7.30— 



Sarai, 9.0—10.30 a.m., l-vi-07 ; 

 9.0 a.m., 5-vi-07 ; 7.30. a.m. 



9.0 a.m., 8-vi-07. (21) Tiny ant, Barh, 5.0 p.m., 

 4-vi-07 ; 7.0—8.0 a.m., 6-vi-07. 



Visitor to the Nectaries withik the calyx, but entering 



the calyx-tube from the outside of the flower. 



Coleoptera. One NitidxJid beetle robbing honey, Katapur^ 

 3.30 p.m., l-vi-07. 



Number op Individuals seen 



Inside the 

 corolla. 



Hymenoptera. 



A p i i d a e. 



> • 



jipis indica 

 Apisflorea 

 Xylocopa fenestrata 

 Anthophora zonata 

 Geratina viridissima 

 Geratina hieroglyphica 

 Haltcttis senescens ,,. 

 Halicttcs sp. (white faced) 



Vespidae. 



PoUstei hehraeus ... 

 Orange red wasp 

 Red and black wasp 



Eumenidae. 



Shynchium metallzcum 

 Black Eumenid ... 

 Orange-chestnut Eumenid 



Sphegidae. 



Cerceris albopicta 

 Sphex lobatus 



Mutillidae. 

 Mutilla analis 

 Pompilidae. 



• « « 



Salius jiavus 



S coliidae. 

 Elis thoracica 



To the nectaries of 



the bracts outside 



the corolla. 



3 

 3 

 2 



1 



21 

 1 



59 

 1 



2 



48 



1 



6 



• • • 



• « • 



10 

 1 

 1 



« * 



1 



t- « 



2 

 1 

 2 



1 



A « • 



8 



4 



1 



2 



1 



2 



• • • 



V V * 



6 



7 



