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CONTENTS OF 



Page 

 The animals that so bury them- 

 selves in India . . (^note^ 220 

 Analogous case of . . (^note) 221 

 Theory of lestivation and hyberna- 

 tion . . . . . .221 



Fish in hot-water in Ceylon . . 224 

 List of Ceylon fishes .... 224 



Instances of lishes falling from the 



Clouds 226 



Overland migration of fishes known 



to the Greeks and Romans . . 227 

 Note on Ce^'lon fishes by Professor 



Huxley 229 



Comparative note by Dr. Gray, Brit. 

 Mus 231 



CHAP. V. 



MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACALEPH^. 



I. ConchoJogy. — General character of 



Ceylon shells .... 233 



Confusion regarding them in 

 scientific works and collections 234 



List of Ceylon shells , . ,235 



II. Jtadlata. — Star fish 



Sea slugs 

 Parasitic worms . 

 Planaria 



III. AcalepluE, abundant 

 Corals little kno^vn 



CHAP. VI. 



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INSECTS. 



Profusion of insects in Ceylon . . 247 

 Imperfect knowledge of . . . 247 



I. Coleoptera. — Beetles • . . 248 



Scavenger beetles . . . 249 



Coco-nut beetles. . . . 249 



Tortoise beetles .... 250 



II. Orthoptera. — Mantis and leaf- in- 



sects 250 



Stick-insects .... 252 



III. Neurnptera. — Dragon flies . . 252 



Ant-lion 252 



White ants 253 



note) 



rage 



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Anecdotes of their instinct and 

 ravages . . {text and note) 



V. Hymenoptera. — Mason Wasps 



Wasps 



Bees .... 



Carpenter Bee 



Ants .... 



Burrowing ants . 



VI. Lepidoptera. — Butterflies 

 Sylph. . . . 

 LycasnidiB . 

 Moths. 



Silk worms . (J.ext and 



Wood -carrying Moths 

 Pterophorus 



VII. Homoptera 

 Cicada 



VIII. Hemiptera 

 Bugs . 



IX. Aphaniptera 



X. Diptera. — Mosquitoes 

 General character of Ceylon insects 

 List of insects in Ceylon . 



CHAP. VII. 



ARACHNID.E, MYRIOPODA, CKUSTACEA, 

 ETC. 



Spiders 294 



Strange nests of the wood spiders . 295 



Olios Taprohanms .... 295 



3Iygale fasciata .... 295 



Ticks 296 



Mites. — Tromhidium tinctorum . 297 



Myriapods. — Centipedes . . . 297 



Cermatia 298 



Scolopendra crassa . . . 298 



S. pollipes 299 



3rdlipeds.—l\x\\X3 .... 299 



Crustacea ...... 300 



Calling crabs 300 



Land crabs 301 



Painted crabs . . . .301 



Paddling crabs .... 301 



Annelidce, Leeches.— The land leech . 302 

 Medical leech . . . .305 



Cattle leech 306 



List of Articulata, Sic. . . .307 



PAET in. 



THE SINGHALESE CHRONICLES. 



CHAPTER L 



SOURCES OF SINGHALESE HISTORY. — THE 

 MAHAWANSO. 



Ceylon formerly thought to have no 



authentic history . . . .311 

 Researches of Tumour . . .312 

 Biographical sketch of Turnour {note') 312 

 The Mahawanso .... 314 



Recovery of the " tika " on the Ma- 

 hawanso . . . . . 



Outline of the Mahawanso 



Tumour's epitome of Singhalese his- 

 tory 



Historical proofs of the Mahawanso . 



Identity of Sandracottus and Chan- 

 dragupta 



315 



315 



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318 



Ancient map of Cejdon 

 List of Ceylon sovereigns 



(note) 318 

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