INDEX. 
Insects, Hymenoptera, mason-wasp, 416. 
—— wasps, bees, wasps’ nest, 418. 
—— carpenter bee, 418. 
—— ants, 420. 
—— value of scavenger ants to conchologists, 
42). 
— dimiya or red ant, 492, 
— introduced to destroy coffee-bug, 423. 
— Lepidoptera, butterflies, 424, 
-—— lycenida, hesperida, 426. 
—— acherontia sathanas, 427. 
—— moths, silk-worm, 427. 
—— stinging caterpillars, 429. 
— oiketicus, 430. 
— Homoptera, cicada, the“ knife-grinder,”” 
432 
— Flata, 433. 
—— Aphaniptera—fleas, 453. 
— Diptera—mosquitoes, 434. 
— Coffee bug, 436-441. 
— Mr. Walker’s memorandum on Ceylon 
insects, 442. 
—— list, 447. 
Ivory, annual consumption, 78 2. 
— superiority of Chinese, <b. 
Jackal, 35. 
— its cunning, 35. 
—— probably the “ fox” of Scripture, 35. 
—— its sagacity in hunting, 36. 
—— subject to hydrophobia, 36. 
—— jackal’s horn, the marric.comboo, 37. 
— superstitions connected with, 37. 
Jackdaw, fable of, 244. See Avitchia. 
Jardine, Sir W., error as to elephants shed- 
ding their tusks, 79 x. 
Jay, the mountain, 252. See Cissa. 
Joinville, on the parasite of the bat, 20. 
Julus, 477. 
Jungle fowl, 259 See Birds. 
Juvenal’s allusion to fishes on land, 346. 
Kabragoya, 272,273. See Iguana. 
— Kabara-tel, poison, 274. 
Kanats in Persia, 359 2. 
Keddah, for taking elephants, 164. 
Kelaart, Dr., work on the Zoology of Cey- 
Jon, 4 
— examination of the Radiata, 395, 
—— discoveries as to the pearl oyster, 375. 
Kingfisher, 249. See Birds, 
Kinnis, Dr., cultivates zoology, 4. 
Kite, on Egyptian sculpture, £46 7. 
Knife-grinder, 432. See Cicada 
Knox, R. account of Ceylon fauna, Introd. 
— his description of the Wanderoo, 5 
—— of elephants executing criminals, 87. 
-——of the mode of catching elephants, 
157. 
495 
Knox, his description of natives fishing, 340. 
Koyasous, 371. 
Kombook tree, its bark, 170. 
Korahl, 165. See Kraal and Corral. 
—- derivation of the word, 165 2. 
Kornegalle, beauty of the place, 167. 
Kottiar, immense oysters, 3712. See Cottiar. 
Kraal, 165. See Corral and Korahl. , 
Krank-bezoeker, 71 2. 
Layard, E. A., his knowledge of Ceylon 
zoology, 4. 
— his collections of Ceylon birds, 241. 
—— story of fish on dry land, 348. 
—— anecdote of burying molluscs, 355. 
Leaf insect. 408-410. See Insects. 
Leaping fish, 332. See Salarias alticus. 
Lecanium Caffee, 436. 
Leeches, 479. See Annelida. 
—— land leech, 479, 
— medicinal leech, 483. 
—— cattle leech, 844. 
Leopard, 25. 
—— in Ceylon confounded with the cheetah, 
26. 
—— superstitions regarding, 26. 
— anecdotes of their ferocity, 27. 
— attracted by the small-pox, 28. 
—— story of Major Skinner, 24. 
— monkeys killed by leopards, 31. 
Lepidoptera, 424. 
Lepism+, the fish insect, 474. 
Lima, General de, his account of the weight 
of elephants’ tusks at M bique, 
792. 
Livingstone’s account of the ** rogue” hip- 
popotamus, 115 n. 
Llama of the Andes, its stomach, 128 n. 
Livy, account of fishes on dry land, 346. 
Lizards, 271. See Reptiles. 
Lophobranchi, 352 
Loris, 12. See Mammalia. 
—— two varieties in Ceylon, 12. 
—— torture inflicted on it, 13. 
Lucan, description of the ichneumon, 39. 
Lycenide, 426. 
Lyre-headed lizard, 277. 
Macabbees iii. Book, allusion to elephants, 
87 n., 211 n. 
Micacus monkey, 5. 
Machlis described by Cesar, 101. 
Macready, Major, account of a noise made 
by elephants, 97. 
—— his opinion as tothe vulnerable point 
in the elephant’s head. 145 n. 
Mahawanso, mentions a white elephant, 93. 
Mahout, an elephant driver, 181. See Pon- 
nekella, 
