. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon : with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. : including a monograph of the elephant and a description of the modes of capturing and training it with engravings from original drawings . view of its attitudes ; it is one of a numerousfamily of bugs, (some of them most attractive^ in theircolouring,) which are inoffensive if unmolested, but iftouched or irritated, exhale an odour that, once endured,is never afterwards forgotten. Aphanipteea. Fleas. — Fleas are equally nu
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. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon : with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. : including a monograph of the elephant and a description of the modes of capturing and training it with engravings from original drawings . view of its attitudes ; it is one of a numerousfamily of bugs, (some of them most attractive^ in theircolouring, ) which are inoffensive if unmolested, but iftouched or irritated, exhale an odour that, once endured, is never afterwards forgotten. Aphanipteea. Fleas. — Fleas are equally numerous, and may be seen in myriads in the dust of the streets orskipping in the sunbeams which fall on the clay floors ofthe cottages. The dogs, to escape them, select for theirsleeping places spots where a wood fire has been pre-viously kindled; and here prone on the white ashes, * Amongst the specimens of thisorder which I brought fromCeylon, two proved to be newand undescribed, andiJiave beennamed by Mr. A-.^wiTpElidipteraEmersoniana and Poeciloptera Ten- ^ anentina. ^ Such as Cantuo ocellatus, Lejp-toscelis Marginalis, Callidca Stoc-kerius, &c. &c. Of the aquaticspecies, the gigantic JBehstoma In-dicum cannot escape notice, attain-ing a size of nearly tliree inches. ELIDIPTEKA EMERdONIANA.. FCECILOPIEHA lENNENTINA.