XLV.—Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera

The Snakes of Ceylon

This book is written partly as a memorial to the author's father who was for many years a leader in every movement for the improvement of the physical and moral condition of the people of Ceylon. It is also written with a definite scientificobject. The book gives a complete account of the snakes of Ceylon, and though it is primarily a scientific work, it will also appeal greatly to the lover of...

Prehistoric Archreology in Ceylon

The Ceylon Medical School

session, and we learn from a report submitted by the Principal Dr. James Loos that six students out of eleven who presented themselves, after having undergone a searching examination, have been found qualified to practise medicine and surgery, and have been recommended to the colonial government for a license. The subjects taught in this school are descriptive and surgical anatomy, general anat...

Pterygium in Ceylon.

The geographical situation of Ceylon led Cameron (I965) to suggest that the pterygium rate there would range from 5-5 to over io per cent., but the actual incidence appears to be much less for reasons which are discussed below. The incidence of pterygium has not been closely studied, first perhaps because it rarely causes blindness, secondly because the world's earliest eye hospitals were situa...

Yaws control in Ceylon.

Ceylon is a small island, 25,332 square miles in extent: its greatest length is 270 miles and its greatest width 140 miles. It is situated to the south of India lying between 5° 53'and 9°51'N. and between 70° 42' and 810 55' E. Most of the country is flat, the hilly parts being restricted to a small central area. The annual rainfall ranges from about 20 in. in the dry zone to 150-200 in. in the...