calatella, Wlk. Gizama, Wlk. blandiella, Wlk. Enisipia, Wik falsella, Wlk. Gapharia, Wlk. recita ella, Wik. Goesa, Wilk. decusella, Wik. Cimitra, Wilk. seclusella, Wlk. Ficulea, Wlk. blandulella, Wik. Fresia, WIK. nesciatella, Wlk. Gesontha. Wlk. captiosella, Wik. Aginis, Wlk. hilariella, Wlk. Cadra, Wik defectella, Wlk. Fam. GLYPHYPTIDE, Staint. Glyphyteryx, Hübn scitulella, Wlk. Hybele, Wlk. mansuetella, Wlk. Fam. TINEIDE, Leach. Tinea, Linn. tapetzella, Linn. Fam. LYONETIDE, Staint. Cachura, Wlk. objectella, Wik. Fam. PTEROPHoride, Zell. leucadactylus, Wlk. Order DIPTERA, Linn. Fam. MYCETOPHILIDE, Sciara, Meig. *valida, Wlk. Fam. CECIDOMYZIDE, Hal. Cecidomyia, Latr. "primaria, Wik. Fam. SIMULIDE, Hal. Simulium, Lair. *destinatum, Wlk. Fam. CHIRONOMIDE, Hal. Ceratopogon, Meig *albocinctus, Wlk. Fam. CULICIDE, Steph. Culex, Linn. Fam. CIXIDE, Wlk. Eurybrachys, Guér. tomentosa, Fabr. dilatata, WIK. crudelis, Westw. Cixius, Latr. *nubilus, Wlk. Fam. ISSIDE, WIK. Hemisphærius, Schaum. *Schaumi, Stal. *bipustulatus, Wlk. Fam. DERBIDE, Schaum. Thracia, Westw. pterophorides, Westw. Derbe. Fabr. *furcato-vittata, Stal. Fam. FLATTIDE, Schaum. Flatoides, Guér. hyalinus, Fabr. tenebrosus, Wlk. Ricania, Germ. Hemerobii. Wlk. Poeciloptera, Latr. pulverulenta. Guér. Fam. MEMBRACIDE, Wlk. Oxyrhachis, Gem. #indicans, Wik. Centrotus, Fabr. *reponens, Wik. *malleus, Wlk. WITH a few striking exceptions, the true spiders of Ceylon resemble in economy and appearance those we are accustomed to see at home;-they frequent the houses, the gardens, the rocks and the stems of trees, and along the sunny paths, where the forest meets the open country, the Epeira and her congeners, the true net-weaving spiders, extend their lacework, the grace of the designs being even less attractive than the beauty of the creatures that elaborate them. Such of them as live in the woods select with singular sagacity the bridle-paths and narrow passages for expanding their nets; perceiving no doubt that the larger insects frequent these openings for facility of movement through the jungle; and that the smaller ones are carried towards them by currents of air. Their nets are stretched across the path from four to eight feet above the ground, suspended from projecting shoots, and attached, if possible, to thorny shrubs; and they sometimes exhibit the most remarkable scenes of carnage and destruction. I have taken down a ball as large as a man's head consisting of successive layers rolled together, in the heart of which was the original den of the family, |