﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  329 
  

  

  dry, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  clay 
  becomes 
  fairly 
  hard. 
  When 
  they 
  have 
  now 
  decided 
  

   upon 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  seems 
  best 
  they 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  attaching 
  jar 
  some 
  

   leaves 
  of 
  aromatic 
  plants, 
  amongst 
  which 
  deserve 
  to 
  be 
  noted 
  parti- 
  

   cularly 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  Bergera, 
  which 
  in 
  Tamil 
  is 
  called 
  " 
  Karu-Wapu- 
  

   Ilei 
  " 
  and 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  greater 
  esteem 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  these 
  parts 
  than 
  

   in 
  Europe 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  laurel. 
  Some 
  also 
  take 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  so- 
  

   called 
  cocus, 
  or 
  else 
  Palmyra 
  juice, 
  which 
  they 
  pour 
  therein. 
  Then 
  

   they 
  fasten 
  the 
  jar 
  to 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  hut 
  so 
  that 
  absolutely 
  none 
  of 
  

   these 
  insects 
  can 
  fly 
  out 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  but 
  all 
  must 
  fly 
  into 
  the 
  jar. 
  They 
  

   wet 
  the 
  earth 
  around 
  the 
  hut 
  with 
  water 
  and 
  then 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  they 
  

   make 
  a 
  fire 
  round 
  about 
  the 
  hut. 
  Others 
  will 
  only 
  do 
  this 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  

   and 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  the 
  fire 
  communicates 
  itself 
  to 
  them, 
  where- 
  

   upon 
  they 
  come 
  flying 
  out. 
  Others 
  again 
  make 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  oposite 
  the 
  

   abovementioned 
  opening 
  a 
  -hole 
  which 
  also 
  leads 
  into 
  the 
  principal 
  

   gallery 
  of 
  the 
  nest, 
  through 
  which 
  they, 
  from 
  a 
  weak 
  fire 
  lighted 
  before 
  

   the 
  hole, 
  blow 
  the 
  smoke 
  into 
  the 
  nest, 
  and 
  thus 
  attract 
  the 
  winged 
  ones 
  

   of 
  this 
  community 
  or 
  forcibly 
  compel 
  them 
  to 
  premature 
  flight. 
  As 
  soon 
  

   as 
  the 
  draught 
  [of 
  the 
  smoke] 
  commences, 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  ready 
  for 
  it 
  [i.e., 
  

   flight], 
  and 
  in 
  quite 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  the 
  jar 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  these 
  insects 
  which 
  

   the 
  duly-appointed 
  people 
  then 
  take 
  away, 
  and 
  another 
  jar, 
  ready 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  like 
  the 
  first 
  one, 
  is 
  quickly 
  applied. 
  This 
  they 
  continue 
  to 
  do 
  

   until 
  no 
  more 
  come 
  flying 
  out. 
  So 
  it 
  happens 
  that 
  from 
  large 
  nests 
  they 
  

   obtain 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  such 
  jarsfulL 
  But 
  those 
  who 
  attend 
  to 
  the 
  jar 
  

   must 
  be 
  careful 
  not 
  to 
  get 
  in 
  the 
  jar, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  flying 
  White 
  Ants, 
  

   a 
  Coluber 
  naja, 
  or 
  in 
  Portuguese 
  " 
  Cobra 
  de 
  Capello," 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   be 
  very 
  enraged 
  under 
  such 
  conditions 
  because 
  it 
  finds 
  itself 
  in 
  peril. 
  

   They 
  then 
  proceed 
  to 
  kill 
  (" 
  suchen 
  zu 
  toedten 
  ") 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  captured 
  

   White 
  Ants 
  that 
  are 
  not 
  yet 
  suffocated 
  ; 
  then 
  they 
  spread 
  them 
  out 
  on 
  

   mats 
  and 
  dry 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  sun 
  and 
  clean 
  them 
  of 
  their 
  wings. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   them 
  they 
  roast 
  forthwith 
  and 
  eat 
  them 
  at 
  once 
  without 
  further 
  pre- 
  

   paration. 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  roasting 
  they 
  gave 
  out 
  some 
  

   greasiness. 
  Others 
  are 
  eaten 
  together 
  with 
  roasted 
  rice. 
  But 
  the 
  

   greater 
  portion 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  ground 
  up 
  and 
  mixed 
  with 
  flour 
  of 
  various 
  

   edible 
  kinds 
  of 
  grasses 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  such 
  as 
  Holcus 
  svicatus 
  or 
  

   Paspalum 
  scrobiculatum, 
  Cynosurus 
  coracon, 
  Cynosurus 
  auratus 
  and 
  

   many 
  others. 
  From 
  this 
  paste 
  are 
  baked 
  cakes 
  which 
  in 
  some 
  loca- 
  

   lities, 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  these 
  Ants 
  occur 
  commonly, 
  are 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  

   bazaars. 
  But 
  only 
  the 
  lower 
  castes 
  of 
  the 
  Malabaris 
  eat 
  this 
  food 
  out 
  

   of 
  wantonness 
  (" 
  aus 
  Uebermuth 
  ") 
  ; 
  but 
  sometimes 
  as 
  a 
  sovereign 
  

   remedy 
  (" 
  Heilmittel") 
  in 
  some 
  sorts 
  of 
  wasting 
  sicknesses. 
  The 
  poor 
  

   are 
  those 
  who 
  make 
  most 
  use 
  of 
  these 
  means 
  of 
  nourishment 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  moderate 
  price. 
  Excessive 
  indulgence 
  in 
  this 
  food 
  induces 
  a 
  

  

  