XX 
Page 
Instances of fishes falling from 
the clouds. . 362 
Note on Ceylon fishes by Pro- 
fessor Huxley « . 864 
Comparative note by Dr. ‘Gray, 
Brit. Mus. . “ . 366 
Note on the Bora-chung . 367 
CHAP. XI. 
MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACA- 
LEPHE. 
I. Conchology.— General cha- 
racter of Ceylon shells . 369 
Confusion regarding them in 
scientific works and col- 
lections, 0. 
Ancient export, of "shells 
from Ceylon . - 370 
Special forms confined to 
particular localities « 372 
The pearl fishery of Aripo..373 
Frequént suspensions of . 374 
Experiment to create beds of. 
the pearl oyster « 875 
Process of diving for pearls 377 
Danger from sharks - 379 
The transparent pearl oyster 
(Placuna placenta) . 380 
The “ musical fish” at Bal- 
licaloa . 381 
A similar phenomenon at 
Other places . (note) 
Faculty of uttering sounds 
in fishes . . 
Instance in the Tritonia 
- arborescens . 
Difficulty in forming a list 
of Ceylon shells 
383 
. 384 
- 3885 
» 386 
List of Ceylon shells . 388395 : 
IJ. Radiata. — Star fish . « 895 
Sea slugs . . . 396 
Parasitic worms ¥ . 4d 
Planaria . : * . 398 
Ill. Acalephe, abundant . - tb. 
The Portuguese man-of-war 400 
Red infusoria . ib, 
Note on the Tritonia arbo- 
Tescens ‘ - 401 
CONTENTS. 
CHAP. XII. 
INSECTS. 
Page 
Profusion of insects in Ceylon . 403 
Imperfect knowledge of . - 404 
I. Coleoptera. — Beetles . - 405 
Scavenger beetles . . 0d. 
Coco-nut beetles . 407 
Tortoise beetles. ~ - 408 
II. Orthoptera.—Mantis and leaf- 
insects . F x » ob. 
Stick-insects . 5 . 410 
III. Neuroptera. eee flies 411 
Ant-lion . . . ob. 
White ants ab. 
Anecdotes of their instinct 
and ravages . -412—416 
IV. Hymenoptera.—Mason ia 416 
Wasps . 417 
Bees f ; . . 418 
Carpenter Bee . . . od. 
Ants . : - 420 
Burrowing ants . « 424 
V. Lepidoptera. — Butterflies . tb. 
The spectre. - 426 
Lycanide . i ‘ . 1%. 
Moths ‘ - 427 
Silk worms 3 F 428 
Stinging caterpillars . 429 
Wood-carrying moths. 430 
Pterophorus’ 432 
VI. Homoptera . . - i. 
Cicada. ‘ . - tb 
VII. Hemiptera 3 - 433 
Bugs . : . - tb 
VIII. Aphaniptera , : ~ od. 
IX. Diptera. — Mosquitoes - 434 
Mosquitoes the “plague of 
flies”. . (note) ib. 
The coffee bug . -436—441 
General character of pa in- 
sects 
: « 442 
List of insects in Ceylon 
"44246 
CHAP. XIII. 
ARACHNIDZ, MYRIOPODA, 
CRUSTACEA, ETC. 
Spiders . 
Strange nets ‘of the wood spi- 
ders. . . - - 1%. 
The mygale . . . « 465 
- 464 
