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NOTES. 



1. Loris Gracilis ami Pentatomid Bug. — On giving a lavge 

 Pentatomid bug {Aspongopus singhalanus, Dist.) to a captive 

 Loris gracilis, the latter seized the insect, crammed it into its 

 mouth, and crunched it up. The Loris immediately became 

 ludicrously excited, reeled about in a peculiar drunken manner, 

 micturating freely all the time. It tore pieces of the insect out of 

 its mouth and threw them away, but collected them again and 

 devoured every piece, afterwards licking its fingers with apparent 

 relish. This Hemipteron secretes and ejects a pungent-smelling 

 fluid somewhat resembling, in odour, essence of jargonelle. The 

 action of the Loris suggested that the liquid was at first startlingly 

 pungent, though the flavour was distinctly agreeable. 



Peradeniya, June 11, 1903. 



E. ERNEST GREEN. 



2. Pupie of the " Red Ant'" {(Ecophglla sinaragdina). — 

 In my note "On the web-spinning habit of the Red Ant " (Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. XIIL, No. 1, 1900), I wrote: 



Pupa of (Ecophylla smaragdina. 



" It is probible that only fully-grown larvae, ready to construct 

 their cocoons, are employed for the work." I now find that 

 <Fiooi>kijU(i siwirag liiKt does not construct cocoons, but that the 



