Class ARACHNIDA.

"Four or five species of spiders, of which the specimens cannot be satisfactorily described; one Ixodes and one Chelifer have been forwarded to England from Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites."


NOTE.—The asterisk prefixed denotes the species discovered in Ceylon since Sir J.E. Tennent's departure from the Island in 1849.

Order COLEOPTERA, Linn.

Fam. CICINDELIDÆ, Steph.
Fam. CARABIDÆ, Leach.
Fam. PAUSSIDÆ, Westw.