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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
occurring “on damp rocks near a small stream, now nearly dry, a 
male and female were associated, the male clasping the female, but 
not actually in copulation,” On August 13 : 44 At the waterfall 
G. crocodilus and 8. go,vialis were common, each in little patches on 
certain rocks, the former scattered and some little distance from 
the water, the latter closely grouped together just above the water’s 
edge. A male crocodilus was found clasping a female, but not in 
copulation.” This species is again recorded in the notes as occurring 
at Madulsima, August 16, 44 usually in little colonies, on damp rocks 
near water, and is very sluggish, rarely jumping, and never taking 
to wing.” Later in the year, on January 17, 1909, it was again 
observed; see note of this date under S. gavialis. It was taken at 
3,500 feet elevation at Madulsima, on December 8, 1908, “on a 
rock near a stream,” and on the 21st 44 a single example was found 
on a dead stump near a stream. As usual, it was very sluggish, 
and allowed itself to be caught in the fingers.” Forty specimens 
were taken by Mr. Fletcher at Madulsima and Haputale. This 
species has also been previously recorded from Pundaluoya and 
Kadugannawa. 
Criotettix tricarinatus , Bolrvar. 
Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique, XXXI., p. 224, 1887. Figured 
by Hancock in Spolia Zeylanica, vol. II., Plate III., figs. 15-156, 
1904. 
A small graceful species having an acute spine on each side 
arming the lateral lobes of pronotum. It frequents the banks of 
streams and grassy lands. 
At Madulsima, May 13, 1908, it was taken by Mr. Fletcher in a 
damp place along a path. On May 20, at the waterfall, a number 
were taken seemingly in company with Sysloledcrus greeni. Later 
both of these species were again observed on August 12 on damp 
rocks near a small stream, now nearly dry. The following day it 
was found congregated about a small pocl by the pathside, this 
moist spot offering an attraction to several small Tettigids. Still 
later, on August 16, it was found 44 common in damp places. It is 
rather sluggish as a rule, but active when disturbed. In life some of 
these insects showed a light patch surrounding basally the sharp 
lateral spine.” A few individuals were taken, December 10, at rest 
on an old damp log lying across the path at Arawa, about 900 feet 
elevation, in a damp hollow amongst secondary jungle. Two days 
later a couple more of this species were found on the same log. One 
of these insects is extensively suffused with pale coloration on the 
dorsum of the pronotum. Sixty-four specimens are represented in 
the collection taken at Madulsima and Weligama, and one of these 
was taken at Polgahawela. It has previously been recorded from 
Peradeniya, Pundaluoya, Kandy, and Kadugannawa. It has also 
been recorded from Southern India by Bolivar. 
