Bennefs Fishes of Ceylon, 



273 



137 



Labial palpi porrected, obliquely triarticulate, densely clothed with long 

 scales, those on the third joint short {d) : basal joints slightly nutant and 

 rather long; second a little bent, ascending obhqnely, subfusiforra ; third 

 not so long as the first, slender, elongated ovate {e). 



Head rather small. Oculi, one on each side behind the antennae (/, 

 magnified g). Thorax large. Abdomen robust, cylindrical, attenuated, 

 tufted on the back, at the base, and at the tail. Wings ample, slightly 

 deflexed when at rest, superior subtrigonate. Cilia long and indented. 

 Legs long, anterior the shortest. Tibiae, anterior short, with a compressed 

 broad spine on the inside, the others spurred, the posterior with a pair to- 

 wards the middle, all of unequal size \K). 

 Tarsi, anterior much longer than the 

 tibi^, the others of equal length, pro- 

 ducing a double series of spines beneath. 

 Claws bent. Pulvilli forming a lobe in 

 the middle, with a slender one very much 

 cut on each side (e). Larvae half loopers, 

 with six pectoral, eight abdominal (the two 

 first being less perfect than the others), 

 and two anal, feet. 



Pupae enclosed in a loose cocoon formed 

 between some leaves. 



Megachile Willughbi^//« (Willughby, a 

 friend of Ray's) ; Hymenoptera ^pidae 

 Leach ; of which there are seven British 

 species. M. centuncularis {fig. 137.) is 

 figured as living on the Mercurialis annua. 



Bennett Fishes of Ceylon. In 4to Numbers, monthly. 2\s. 



' JVb. II. for June, contains 



Holocentrus argenteus, a very delicious fish. — Chae'todon vagabundus, a 

 very singular creature, exhibiting different shades of purple, orange, yellow, 

 and red, but not much valued by fishermen. C. Brownriggw, about 2 in. 

 long, much sought after as an article of food. — (Scorpae'na miles (^g. 138.), 

 with spines round the eyes, and partially on the lateral line near the head. 



Branchiostegous rays six; dorsal (^) thirty-three, thirteen spinous ; pectoral 

 (c)four; ventral (rf) six, one spinous; anal (e) nine, three spinous ; caudal, 

 (/) twelve; head arge, with six cirri on the gills; pectoral fins with large 



