522 



Journal of the Astatic Society of 



[July, 1907, 



4. ^ 



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F o r m 1 c i d a e. 



Myrmecocystus setijpes 

 Gamptonotus sericeus 

 Small black ant . . • 

 Tiny ant 



Ichneumonidae 

 One sp. 



Lepidoptera* 



. -'\. 



V • • 



+ 



^ H 



Rli opalocera. 



w 



PapHio sp. : - :... 

 Gaptopsilia crocale 



He t ero cera, 



Cephonodes hylas ... 



CoLEorrERA. 



Myllocertis maculosus 



CMlomenes sp. 



• * 



• • « 



Inside the 

 corolla. 



1 



26 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



To the nectaries of 

 the bracts outside 

 the corolla.' 



^ 



20 



44 



257 



40 



k * 



- V 



■ ■ * 



■ • 



1 



5 



It is evident that very few^ insects go to the flowers which 

 liave a tonsrue loner enouerh to obtein the honev inside the calvx 



stigm 



Xylocopa 



and Anfhophora are the only two among the beesl Xylocopa 

 fenestrata does not show any preference for the cotton flowers ; 

 it was only seen on the flowers twice, but on one occasion was 

 visiting very persistently : Anthaphora shows a very distinct 

 preference for the flowers of the lowly species of Leucas^Z^ Urn- 

 folia and i. aspera — which grow as weeds among the cotton : once 

 only — and then it was in a cotton crop where weeds were entirely 

 absent — did I see Anthophxfra zonata visiting cotton flowers ; else- 

 where it was common among the cotton plants, but always busy 

 near the ground on the two species of Leucas. Xylocopa aestuans 

 was seen on the wing among the cotton plants, but instead of 

 visiting their flowers, it was going to Leiicas linifolia and^ it 

 afterwards went to flowers of Phaseolus calcaratus in an adjoining 

 crop. 



nodes 



era wer 



L organs 



rers each once. - They 

 The Sphingid, ^ Qepho- 



very persistently going to cotton; but the other two, to reach the 

 honey, required that the flower should be quite wide open; for 

 otherwise their wings prevented them from getting within the 

 bell. The tongue of the GaptopsiUa crocale is 12 mm. long. 



The following insects are certainly attracted by the honey 

 within the flower but can not get it, Elis tTioracica, Geratina 



