Instances of fishes falling from the clouds
_Note_ on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley
I. _Conchology_.--General character of Ceylon shells Confusion regarding them in scientific works and collections Ancient export of shells from Ceylon Special forms confined to particular localities The pearl fishery of Aripo Frequent suspensions of Experiment to create beds of the pearl oyster Process of diving for pearls Danger from sharks The transparent pearl oyster (_Placuna placenta_) The "musical fish" at Ballicaloa A similar phenomenon at other places Faculty of uttering sounds in fishes Instance in the _Tritonia arborescens_ Difficulty in forming a list of Ceylon shells List of Ceylon shells
II. _Radiata_.--Star fish Sea slugs Parasitic worms Planaria
III. _Acalephæ_, abundant The Portuguese man-of-war Red infusoria _Note_ on the _Tritonia arborescens_
Profusion of insects in Ceylon Imperfect knowledge of
I. _Coleoptera_.--Beetles Scavenger beetles Coco-nut beetles Tortoise beetles
II. _Orthoptera_.--Mantis and leaf-insects Stick-insects
III. _Neuroptera_.--Dragon flies Ant-lion White ants Anecdotes of their instinct and ravages
IV. _Hymenoptera_.--Mason wasps Wasps Bees Carpenter Bee Ants Burrowing ants
V. _Lepidoptera_.--Butterflies The spectre Lycænidæ Moths Silk worms Stinging caterpillars Wood-carrying moths Pterophorus
IX. _Diptera_.--Mosquitoes Mosquitoes the "plague of flies" The coffee bug
Spiders Strange nets of the wood spiders The mygale Birds killed by it _Olios Taprobanius_ The galeodes Gregarious spiders Ticks Mites.--_Trombidium tinctorum_
_Myriapods_.--Centipedes Cermatia Scolopendra crassa S. pollippes The fish insect
_Crustacæ_ Calling crabs Sand crabs Painted crabs Paddling crabs
_Annelidæ_, Leeches.--The land leech Medicinal leech Cattle leech
_Note_.--On the revivification of the Rotifera and Paste-eels
Group of Flying Foxes (_Pteropus Edwardsii_) to face 14
Head of the Horse-shoe Bat (_Rhynulophus_) 19
Mongoos of Neura-ellia (_Herpestes vitticollis_) 38
Elephant's Stomach, showing the Water-cells 125
Water-cells in the Stomach of the Camel 128
Figures of the African and Indian Elephants on Greek and Roman Coins 208
The "Devil-bird" (_Syrnium Indranec_) 247
The "Cotton-thief" (_Tchitrea paradisi_) 250