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| Group to Time of 
2 meh Name. visiting Remarks. 
g the insect flowers. 
| belongs. 
9| Hymenoptera] Purevaspis All midday | Commoner than No. 8; found nibbling the 
(Bee). cartonaria. | andafter-| nectary. 
noon. ‘ 
10) Hymenoptera] Prosopis sp. | {n bright] A tiny bee, pretty common, collecting 
(Colletide). sunlight | pollen. 
in the 
morning. : 
11) Hymenoptera) Czxadro sp. At midday. | A small dark waap; nibbles the nectary. 
Sphegida Not common. It crawls about the flower 
(Wasp). stalks; probably in search of Aphida 
which it is known to collect and store. 
12 Do. Trypoxylon In the | Fairly common ; did not note it feeding. 
intrudens. evening It disturbs the flower sufficiently to displace 
as the} the pollen grains. It is likely searching 
sun goes| for spiders for its nest. 
down. 
13] Hymenoptera] Sima (Jer- | In the; A small black ant. Goes inside other 
(Ant). donié P). morning | flowers. Very active ; probably collects 
and late| food for nest. 
in the 
evening. 
14| Beetles Heterorrhina | At midday. | A very active large shining green Cetoniid. 
Cetoniid. planata. Flies often very high. Found perching 
on the flowers and often nibbling the 
petals. While on the flower it is not 
watchful and is easily caught. 
15} Beetles. A reddish | Early in| A fairly large leaf-beetle not very common. 
Chrysome- | brown the mor-| Found sitting on flower and leaf, Not 
lid. Chrysome- ning and| noted to feed. 
lid spotted late in 
with black.| the after- 
noon. 
16 Do. Yellowish All day ..| Feeding on tender leaves and petals of 
Punyeene flowers and fairly common. 
1d. 
17 Do. Monolepta Early in | Found chiefly feeding on the tender leaves 
signata. the mor-| but few feeding on flowers. 
ning. 
18} Beetles ,. | Klaterid Allday .. {Small black beetles found often hidden 
beetles. inside flowers. 
19) Beotles. Luciola gor-| Karly in| These are also found partially hidden in 
Glow worm | fhami. the mor-| the flowers, Very likely they feed on 
beetle. ning. the pollen. 
20 Beetles. Oleria sp... | Found in Very few found. I think it is only a casual 
Longicorn. the mor-| visitor without any object of feeding on 
ning. the flower. Not seen to disturb flower 
; with mouthparts, 
21| Flies fA purple | In fine | Actively visits flower after flower. Pro- 
blue Doli- sunshine, | bably licks the nectar, 
ebopid. 
22) Flies .. | A dark Bom- Do. Do. do. 
bylid. 
23) Lepidoptera. | Skipper Midday .. Extremely sa oe on the nectar ; not 
ie . very common. ecimen not coll h 
24 Do. Sphingid .. | Late in the | Actively visiting fewer, not bad oto 
evening. | approached with lantern. The charac- 
teristic bum gives the idea that the inseot 
_ hawk-moth. (Specimen not ecl- 
ected.) 
25) Rhynchota. | Meldmphaus | Noted only | A purple brown fairly large r i 
(Bugs.) fulvomargi- once bug, found on a ie wa Gg oe 
nata, apone boseis thrust into the same, only once. 
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