Florida Flowers and Insects 819 
FLOWER CLASSES. 
Ma.—Non-social long-tongued bee flowers (including 0) 
are 07.1% of the flowers observed, receive 34.4 and 28.6% 
of the total and the pollinating visits. The class re- 
ceives 71% of the pollinating visits of long-tongued bees 
and 38.2 of those of Lepidoptera. These are respectively 
32.4 and 38.9% of the total visits to Ma. 
Ma shows for colors R 40.6, Y 25.0 and W 34.3%, and 
for visits to each color 49.1, 15.7 and 35.1%. Of the total 
visits to R, Y and W, Ma receives 71.0, 44.3 and 18.9%. 
Ma shows maxima of long-tongued bees, 70.5, short- 
tongued bees 33.6, and Lepidoptera 48.9. 
Of total non-pollinating visits, Ma shows 78.4%, of 
those of Lepidoptera 88.3, flies 75.0, Lower Hymenoptera ~ 
71.4 and short-tongued bees 66.6%. Many insects get 
pollen or nectar without effecting pollination. 
Ma shows maxima of Trochil, Anthophor, Bomb, Eucer, 
Megachil, Stelid, Halict, Bombyli, Hesperi, Nymphal, 
Papilion, Pier, Scoli, long-tongued bees, total Lepidop- 
tera. 
Mi.—The non-social short-tongued bee flowers are 
17.8% of the flowers observed and receive 6.2% of the 
Visits. Lepidoptera are 57.4% of the visitors and short- 
tongued bees 22.2. The Lepidoptera are not better 
adapted but more common. 
The colors are R 10, Y 30 and W 60%, and the visits 
R 7.4, Y 16.6 and W 75.9. But the percentages of total 
Visits to Mi, R, Y and W are 1.9, 8.4 and 7.4. 
Mas.—The social long-tongued bee flowers are 10.7 %o 
of the flowers and show 8.4% of the visits. Of the visits 
to Mas, the Lepidoptera show 53.4%. 
