15H 
SPOLJA ZKYLANICA, 
NOTES. 
1. Miscellaneous Insects from Ceylon .—The following examples 
illustrative of various aspects of insect life in Ceylon were 
exhibited by Mr. E. E. Green at a meeting of the Entomological 
Society of London on the 1st of June, 1904. 
(i) A Carpenter bee (Xylocopa fenestrata , Eab.) and a large 
Asilid fly ( Hyperechia xylocopiformis , Wlk.) which very closely 
mimics the bee. The fly now exhibited was observed circling 
round a Xylocopa and was then mistaken for the male of that 
insect. But its subsequent attitude, when at rest, betrayed its 
true nature and led to its capture. 
(ii) Specimens of a Mycetophilid fly and cocoons from which 
they emerged. The latter are attached to leaves and pieces of 
wood and show a beautiful structure, being formed of an open 
network of white anastomosing threads. 
(iii) Examples of a Tineid moth and its remarkable larval cases. 
The case consists of a narrow tube, more than an inch long, with 
numerous short diverticula at regular intervals along each side. 
The larva anchors this case to the bark of the tree and exserts its 
head from either extremity, or from any of the lateral diverticula, 
to feed upon the surrounding lichens and minute algse. When it 
has exhausted the food within reach, it severs the connecting 
strands and drags the case to a fresh part. Above the middle of 
the tubular case is a thickened pad, beneath which the larva rests 
when moulting and under which it finally pupates. 
