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IV. PROF. HAECKEL, in describing his first impression of Galle, does not fail to mention as one of its principal features the long lines of shady Suriya trees and flowering Hibiscus, planted by the Dutch, and giving the streets the appearance of a garden. He says nothing, however, of a plague produced by the Suriya, and noted by other travellers, namely, the hairy green caterpillar, which frequents it in great numbers. At a certain stage of its growth it drops to the ground, and there hides in order to pass through its metamorphosis. When, as often happens, it alights on some passer-by, it inflicts a sting more severe and far more lasting than that of a nettle or starfish.
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Professor Haeckel in Ceylon 1 . Nature 26, 388–390 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026388a0
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