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Devale; these have also been figured in my 4 ‘ Mediaeval Sinhalese 
Art,” Pis. XL. 7, XLIII. A 4, and XLII. 5, together with a silver 
kendiya from the same temple, PL XLII. 4. The sannasa has been 
translated in the “ Ceylon National Review,” July, 1906, p. 234, and 
the text is given in “ Jnanadarsaya ” for the same year. The little 
pacca kusalana , miscalled “ emerald-cup,” is gold-mounted and set 
with rubies and sapphires, the decoration of the rim being gal-bindu, 
and of the base pala peti , while the pendant flowers are sina mala. 
The material of the cup itself has not been identified. The cup was 
no doubt used at royal inauguration ceremonies, when the sword of 
state was first girded on the king ; and perhaps on other occasions 
when the king visited the temple and sandal paste was offered to 
him as a mark of respect, as is still done to distinguished visitors 
at Hindu temples. The following account of the inauguration 
ceremony is given by Davy (“ Travels in Ceylon,” p. 168) : after the 
sword of state had been girded on to the prince by a member of the 
Pilima Talave family, whose privilege this was, the Kapurala 
“ presented a pot of sandal-powder, in which the prince, who may 
now be called king, dipped his fingers and touched the sword ; and 
this ceremony was performed in the Malia as well as in the Nata 
Devale.” 
The sannasa , cup, and chank are said to have been dedicated to 
the Maha Devale by Rajadhi Raja Sinha, after a victory over the 
Dutch at Gurubebile. 
The sannasa itself, known as the “ algam sannasa,” was granted 
by Narendra Sinha. 
Campden, Gloucester, A. K. COOMARASWAMY. 
December 13, 1909. 
10. Book Notice .— Dermaptera (Earwigs). By Malcolm Burr, 
D.Sc., M.A., F.E.S., F.Z.S., Fauna of British India (London : Taylor 
& Francis). —The latest number of this well-known series consists 
of a remarkably well-conceived and executed half volume on the 
Earwigs of British India. It will be a surprise to persons who have 
given no consideration to the subject to learn that sufficient material 
exists for even a half volume devoted to this order of insects alone. 
Earwigs are not such “ common objects of the country ” here, as 
they often are in England. I have even met otherwise well-informed 
persons who were unaware that earwigs of any kind occurred in 
Ceylon. Yet this volume describes 135 distinct species (of which 
42 are recorded from Ceylon), against the three or four only that are 
known to occur in Great Britain. 
The author in his preface defines his use of the term type , and 
pins himself to “ the principle that one individual specimen, and 
one only, can be the type of the species.” All other individuals 
