ombidium tinctorum, _Herm_.
Oribata...?
Ixodes...?

Myriapoda.

Cermatia _dispar_.
Lithobius _umbratilis_.
Scolopendra _crassa_.
spinosa, _Newp_.
_pallipes_.
_Grayii? Newp._
tuberculidens, _Newp_.
Ceylonensis, _Newp_.
flava, _Newp_.
_olivacea_.
_abdominalis_.
Cryptops _sordidus_.
_assimilis_.
Geophilus _tegularius_.
_speciosus_.
Julus _ater_.
carnifex, _Fabr_.
_pallipes_.
_flaviceps_.
_pallidus_.
Craspedosoma _juloides_.
_praeusta_.
Polydesmus _granulatus_.
Cambala _catenulata_.
Zephronia _conspicua_.

_CRUSTACEA_.

Decapoda brachyura.

_Polybius_.
Neptunus pelagicus, _Linn_.
sanguinolentus, _Herbst_.
Thalamita...?
Thelphusa _Indica, Latr.
Cardisoma...?_
Ocypoda ceratophthalmus, _Pall_.
_macrocera, Edw_.
Gelasimus _tetragonon, Edw_.
_annulipes, Edw_.
Macrophthalmus _carinimanus, Latr_.
Grapsus _messor, Forsk_.
strigosus, _Herbst_.
Plagusia depressa, _Fabr_.
Calappa philargus, _Linn_.
_tuberculata, Fabr_.
Matuta victor, _Fabr_.
Leucosia _fugax, Fabr
Dorippe._

Decapoda anomura.

_Dromia...?_
Hippa Asiatica, _Edw_.
Paguras affinis, _Edw_.
_punctulatus, Oliv.
Porcellana...?_
Decapoda Macrura.
Scyllarus _orientalis, Fab._.
Palinurus ornatus, _Fab._.
_affinis_, _N_._S_.
_Crangon...?_
_Alpheus...?_
Pontonia inflata, _Edw_.
Palaemon carcinus, _Fabr_.
Stenopus...?
Peneus...?

Stomatopoda.
_Squilla...?_
Gonodactylus chiragra, _Fabr_.

_CIRRHIPEDIA_.

_Lepas_.
_Balanus_.

_ANNELIDA_.

Tubicolae.
Dorsibranchiata.
Abranchia.
Hirudo _sanguisorba_.
_Thwaitesii_.
Haemopsis _paludum_.
Haemadipsa Ceylana. _Blainv_.
Lumbricus...?

PART III.

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THE SINGHALESE CHRONICLES.

CHAPTER I.

SOURCES OF SINGHALESE HISTORY.--THE MAHAWANSO AND OTHER NATIVE ANNALS.

It was long affirmed by Europeans that the Singhalese annals, like those
of the Hindus, were devoid of interest or value as historical material;
that, as religious disquisitions, they were the ravings of fanaticism,
and that myths and romances had been reduced to the semblance of
national chronicles. Such was the opinion of the Portuguese writers DE
BARROS and DE COUTO; and VALENTYN, who, about the year 1725, published
his great work on the Dutch possessions in India, states his conviction
that no reliance can be placed on such of the Singhalese books as
profess to record the ancient condition of th