In their transformations, as in many other respects, they closely resemble the diptera.
"On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects"
Sir John Lubbock
Thus an almost new field remains for the Entomologist in the study of the yet unknown Singhalese diptera, which must be very numerous.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
Dicuil on the elephant, 103. diptera, 434. Dogs, 33. device of, to escape fleas, 433, 434. dog-tax, 33. republican instincts, 34. disliked by elephants, 82, 84. Donne, on the elephant, 105. Doras, fish of Guiana, 347. Dragon-flies, 411. See Insects.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent