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To these I have now to add Aesculus Hippocastanum. 

 Linn. (Simla, 12-V-09). 



As was pointed out on p. 236 of Note No 6, Punica 

 Granatum, Rosa moschata, and the Labiates such as Roylea 

 elegans are visited by Bombus haemorrhoidalis ; while at higher 

 levels Lonicera angustifolia and Viburnum foetens, and per- 

 haps other horizontal or pendulous flowers, depend for fertili- 

 sation on Bombus tunicatus. Under date of 17-vi-07, Mr. 

 C. E. C Fischer was so good as to communicate to me a state- 

 ment that the latter Bombus particularly affects Salvia lanata, 

 Roxb., in Jaunsar. 



Salvia fulgens, Cav., in Darjeeling Gardens is robbed of its 

 honey bv a Bombus which there constantly brtes through the 

 corolla tube (25-ix-09) ; but it is pollinated freely by Apis 

 mellifica which approaches the corolla-tube from the front (14- 

 x-04- 25-ix-09) The same Bombus goes to the flowers ot 

 Tropaeolum majus, Linn., in great numbers (14- x-04 ; 2o- 

 ix-09). On Digitalis purpurea, Linn., also in gardens, Bombus 

 eximius works diligently even in light rain (Darjeeling, 13 and 

 14-vi-09: and Lopchu, Darjeeling Himalaya, 9-vi-U9). 



In Note No. 5, I recorded further visits of Bombi in the 

 Sikkim Himalaya thus, to : 



Aconitum spicatum, Stapf . Saussurea uniflora, Wall. 



A conitum heterophylloides , Senecio diver si folws,W all. 



g tap f Cnicus involucratus , DU 



Corydalis chaerophylla, DC. Strobilanthes pentstemmoides . 



Impatiens bicornuta, Wall. T - Anders. 



Impatiens asymmetrica, Crawfurdia speciosa, C. B. 



Hook f Clarke. 



Impatiens Gagei, Hook, f . Elscholizia strobilifera, Benth. 



Polygonum amplexicaule, D. Don, 



Unidentified Bombi have been observed since that Note 

 was pubUshed to visit the following wild flowers, ,n the same 



mountains : 



Saurauja nepaulensis, DC. . . Pedong, 6-v!-09 



Piptanthus nepaulensis, . Q 



jy Don mm .. Chiabanjan, 22-V-09. 



Mussaenda Roxburgh!!, . 



Hook. f. • • • • Pedong, 6-V1-09. 



Rhododendron cinnabarinum, 



Hook.f. •• •• Chiabanjan, 22-V-09. 



Ellettaria Cardamomum, 



Maton ■• •• Pedong, 6- va-09. 



1 have seen the visits of Bombi in the Nepal Himalaya 

 to : 



