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Ceylon: An Account of the Island

by James Emerson Tennent

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Chap. VII Arachnide, Myriopoda, Crustacea, etc.

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

Part III

The Singhalese Chronicles

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