Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and / Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and / Productions, Volume 1 - Sir James Emerson Tennent

Profusion of insects in Ceylon [247]
- Imperfect knowledge of [247]
I. Coleoptera.—Beetles [248]
- Scavenger beetles [249]
- Coco-nut beetles [249]
- Tortoise beetles [250]
II. Orthoptera.—Mantis and leaf-insects [250]
- Stick-insects [252]
III. Neuroptera—Dragon flies [252]
- Ant-lion [252]
- White ants [253]
- Anecdotes of their instinct and ravages (text and note) [254]
V. Hymenoptera.—Mason Wasps [256]
- Wasps [257]
- Bees [257]
- Carpenter Bee [258]
- Ants [258]
- Burrowing ants [262]
VI. Lepidoptera.—Butterflies [262]
- Sylph [263]
- Lycænidæ [264]
- Moths [265]
- Silk worms (text and note) [265]
- Wood-carrying Moths [266]
- Pterophorus [267]
VII. Homoptera [267]
- Cicada [267]
VIII. Hemiptera [267]
- Bugs [267]
IX. Aphaniptera [268]
X. Diptera.—Mosquitoes [268]
General character of Ceylon insects [269]
List of insects in Ceylon [274]

Spiders [294]
- Strange nests of the wood spiders [295]
- Olios Taprobanius [295]
- Mygale fasciata [295]
- Ticks [296]
- Mites.—Trombidium tinctorum [297]
Myriapods.—Centipedes [297]
- Cermatia [298]
- Scolopendra crassa [298]
- S. pollipes [299]
Millipeds—Iulus [299]
Crustacea [300]
- Calling crabs [300]
- Land crabs [301]
- Painted crabs [301]
- Paddling crabs [301]
Annelidæ, Leeches.—The land leech [302]
- Medical leech [305]
- Cattle leech [306]
List of Articulata, &c.[307]