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Java, but common in the jungles of Ceylon, Hindoostau, 

 Farther India, Sumatra, Borneo, and Timor. In Ceylon, Mr. 



Fig. S. 



A. dorsata Worker, X2. 

 (From Department of Agriculture. ) 



Benton saw many colonies, most of which were in inaccessible 

 places, though he secured, after great labor and hardship, four 



colonies. 



Fig. 6. 



A. dorsata Drone, X2. 

 (From Department of Agriculture.) 



These bees usually suspend their great combs, which are 

 often six feet long and four feet wide, to overhanging rocks, or 



