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Kaduwa, 94 
Kana-magura, 98 
Kandyan art, 39-42 
Kandy waterworks reservoir, 211 
Karakgediya, 89 : 
Karawella, 37, 157 
Kavaiya, 91, 92, 102, 103 
Kayts harbour, 208 
Kemina, 89 
Kendeya, 103 
Kingfishers, 48, 49 
Koraliya, 91, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 102 
Krait, 157, 206 
Kudupuwa, 91 
Kurunegala, 206 
Labelling fish, 104 
Lake fly, 50 
Land planarian, 113-123 
Land snail, 110 
Larva, 168 
Leaf-cutting bees, 55 
Leaf insects, 54, 106 
Lela, 90 
Life histories, 51 
Lizards, 11, 12, 13, 15, 68, 69, 70, 73, 
Wily ZANy 
Locust, 204 
Lula, 89, 92, 103 
Luminosity, 212 
Madaya, 92, 101 
Madras langur, 200 
Magpie robin, 10 
Magura, 92, 103 
Mahseer, 104 
Maguruwaka, 94 
Maldives, 171 
Malta, 203 
Malu-bana, 93 
Mammals, 71, 73 
Mas-ge or mas-kotuwa, 90 
Maskeliya, 213 
Mason wasp, 155 
Mimicry, 1-24 
Moda, 89, 99 
Molkawa fishery, 94 
Molluses, 73 
Monkeys, 15 
Moralla, 26 
Mouse, 217 
Mouse deer, 200 
Mynahs, 11, 204 
Night lines, 93 
Padduwa caste, 89 
Pala-dela, 90 
Palm squirrel, 107 
Parasitic protozoa, 65 
Parasites (frogs and toads), 74 
——_——— (lizards), 77. 
———-— (Megaderma lyra), 216 
—_———— (Tropidonotus stolatus), 77 
———_— (white ants), 80 
Parrot, 108 
Parthenogenesis, 54 
Pearl banks, 170, 1738, 174, 175, 177, 
178, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185 
Pearl-inducing worm, 124-134, 195 
Pedipalpi, 43, 135 
Pelenda Nuwara, 161 


Peradeniya, 210,212, 213, 214,215, 222 
Petiya, 94 
Phlebotomus, 57-62, 159, 203, 204 
Pipe fish, 25-34 
Pisciculture, 100, 101, 209-212 
Planarian, 113-123 
Play, 163 
Polymorphism, 1, 15, 16, 17 
Polyzoon, 63-64 
Powder horn, 39 
Protozoa, 65 
Pusweli-ganga, 89, 93 
Rangalla, 
Red ants, 53 
Reduviid bugs, 50, 55 
Reptiles, 68 
Rhopalocera of Ceylon, 1-24 
Rhopaloceran diet, 10 
River fishing, 89, 93 
Royston crow, 51 
Saliya, 89 
Sand-flies, 57 
Scolopendriform caterpillar, 166 
Scorpion spiders, 43, 44, 46, 47 
Snail, 56, 110 
Snail cave, 197-200 
Snail shells, 197, 198, 200 
Snake bite, 54, 107, 205 
Snakes, 35, 53, 70, 71, 73, 77,°78, 83, 
205, 206, 207 
Snake stone, 217 
Snapping shrimps, 169 
South America, 217 
Spider, 217 
——— bird-eating, 217 
Sponge, 63 
Stock-drill weight, 39 
Storing butterflies, 164 
Stylops 55 
Sun-fish, 208 
Symphyla, 110 
Syngnathids, 25-34 
Tambalaya, 96 
Tamblegam, 181, 185 
Tarantula, 217 
Tartarids, 46, 47, 135, 136 
Telliya, 89 
Termites, 80, 83 
Tick-flies, 216 
Tora-anguluwa, 97 
Tortoises, 68, 108 
Trincomalee, 170, 172, 179, 182 
Veddas, 200, 201, 202 
Vetiya or veta, 89 
Viper, 107 
Wakwella, 90 
Wala fishery, 91, 92, 93 
Walapota, 91 
Walaya, 89 
Water rat, 214 
Wel-anguluwa, 97 
Weligama, 177, 185 
Weligowa, 91, 103 
Wellawaya, 222 
Whip scorpions, 44, 45, 46, 47 
White ants, 80 
Zostera, 26 
