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CONTENTS. 
Page 
Instances of fishes falling from 
the clouds . . . .362 
Note on Ceylon fishes by Pro- 
fessor Huxley . . . 364 
Comparative note by Dr. Gray, 
Brit. Mus 366 
Note on the Bora-chung . . 367 
CHAP. XI. 
MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACA- 
LEPHiE. 
I. Conchology. — General cha- 
racter of Ceylon shells . 369 
Confusion regarding them in 
scientific works and col- 
lections . . . ib. 
Ancient export of shells 
from Ceylon . . .370 
Special forms confined to 
particular localities . 372 
The pearl fishery of Aripo. 373 
Frequent suspensions of . 374 
Experiment to create beds of 
the pearl oyster . . 375 
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) 383 
Faculty of uttering sounds 
in fishes . . . 384 
Instance in the Tritonia 
arbor escens . . .385 
Difficulty in forming a list 
of Ceylon shells . . 386 
List of Ceylon shells . 388—395 
II. Radiata. — Starfish . .395 
Sea slugs ' . .396 
Parasitic worms . . ib. 
Planaria . . , .398 
III. Acalephce, abundant . . ib. 
The Portuguese man-of-war 400 
Red infusoria . . . ib. 
Note on the Tritonia arbo- 
r escens . . .401 
CHAP. XII. 
INSECTS. 
Page 
Profusion of insects in Ceylon . 403 
Imperfect knowledge of . . 404 
I. Coleoptera. — Beetles . . 405 
Scavenger beetles . . ib. 
Coco-nut beetles . . 407 
Tortoise beetles . . . 408 
II. Orihoptera. — Mantis and leaf- 
insects .... ib. 
Stick-insects . . .410 
III. Neuroptera. — Dragon flies 411 
Ant-lion .... ib. 
White ants . . . ib. 
Anecdotes of their instinct 
and ravages . .412 — 416 
IV. Hymenoptera. — Mason wasps 416 
Wasps .... 417 
Bees . . . .418 
Carpenter Bee . . . ib. 
Ants .... 420 
Burrowing ants . . . 424 
V. Lepidoptera. — Butterflies . ib. 
The spectre . . .426 
Lycamkke. . . . ib. 
Moths . . . .427 
Silk worms . . . 428 
Stinging caterpillars . . 429 
Wood- carrying moths. . 430 
Pterophorus . . 432 
VI. Homoptera . . . ib. 
Cicada . . . . ib. 
VII. Eemiptera . . . 433 
Bugs .... ib. 
VIII. Aphaniptera . . . ib. 
IX. Diptera. — Mosquitoes . 434 
Mosquitoes the "plague of 
flies" . . (note) ib. 
The coffee bug . .436—441 
General character of Ceylon in- 
sects ..... 442 
List of insects in Ceylon 442 — 46 
CHAP. XIII. 
ARACHNIDS, MYRIOPODA, 
CRUSTACEA. ETC. 
Spiders 464 
Strange nets of the wood spi- 
ders ib. 
The mygale . . . .465 
