Fic. 5.—Apis florea, worker. The small outline figure shows the natural size. 
“ Although very few becs were to be seen at flowers by day, in 
the evening numerous moths, notably Nephele hespera. and Protoparce 
convolvuli, were attracted, whilst in the daytime Macroglossum spp. also 
darted around the blossoms. It will of course be necessary to determine 
by actual experiment and observation, when the coffee flowers next 
April, what proportion of flowers are actnally fertilized by bees, but 
I rather expect to find that other insects (such as the sphingids named 
above) will be found to have a large share in fertilizing them.” 
II.—Report of THe Government ENTOMOLOGIST ON A TOUR 
IN THE Bazasuoin District or MysoRE Strate. 
“T left Coimbatore on the evening of 30th October and next morn- 
ing reached Bangalore where I met Mr. G. N. Frattini, the Planting 
Expert’s Assistant for Mysore, and we reached Kadur the same after- 
noon. Owing to difficulty in obtaining transport, we started from 
Kadur early next morning and reached Chickmaglur the same afternoon. 
Next day (2nd November) we went on to the Bababndin hills, where 
1 stayed until }3th November, when I left for Chickmaglur and 
Kadur and arrived at Mysore on the afternoon of 14th November, 
Here again there were transport difficulties aud it was not until noon 
on 15th that I was able to start for Sidapur which was finally reached 
at 3am. next morning. From Sidapur I went to Fairlands estate on 
16th November, on 17th on to Margalli, and on 18th from Margalli to 
Mercara, where I halted for three days. From Mercara my intention 
was to visit Dunkeld estate, where considerable damage to cardamoms 
by a scolytid beetle has been reported ; but although the distance from 
Mercara was only some 20 miles, no means of transport were forth- 
coming and J was reluctantly compelled to abandon this visit. I left 
Mercara on 22nd November, stayed that night at Santikoppa, and 
proceeded on to Mysore next day, arriving back at head-quarters on 
the morning of 25th November. 
“The main object of this tour was to make a preliminary survey 
of the localities visited with a special view to collecting information 
