CONTENTS. 



Eels. 



Quoit-Fishes DiscoboK 263 



Frog-Fishes Batrachidae, Pediculati 255 



Bleunies JUetmiidae 256 



Deal-Fish and Gymnetrus Tracliypteridae 258 



Surgeon and Thorntail Acanthuridae 259 



Climbing Perch Labyrinthici 260 



Sand Smelt Atherinidae. Gray Mullet Mugilidae 261 



Snake-Head- < Ophiocephalidae 262 



ed Fishes. ( Cepolidae 263 



Spike-Bearing Fishes Ceutriscidae 263 



Snake- Bodied Vishes-Fistularidae. Eel-like Fishes 



MastaeemMidae 264 



Order MALACOPTERYGII; or Fishes having fins with 

 rays closely jointed. Sub-Order BBACHII: Flat 



Fishes Pleuranectidae 265 



Cod-Fish Gadidae 267 



f Ophidini 270 



j AnguUlidae, Congeridae, Muraenidae.. 272 



\ Grymnotidae 273 



(^ LeptocephaKdae 275 



Sub-Order ABDOMINALES: Blind Fish Heteropygidae 275 



Herring Tribe Clupeidae 276 



Flying Fish, and Pike Esocidae 278 



Salmon Salmanidae 279 



Stargazer Cyprinidontidae 283 



Carp, Barbel, Bream, etc. Cyprinidae 284 



Silurus Siluridae 287 



Order PLECTOGNATHI; or Fishes with coalescent jaws: 



Trunk-Fishes Sclerodermi 287 



Naked-Toothed Fishes Gymnodantes 289 



Order LOPHOBRANCHIATA; OR CREST-GILLED 

 FISHES : Sea-Dragon and Pegasus Pegasidae. 

 Sea-Horse, Great Pipe-Fish, and Phyllopteryx 



Syngnathidae 290 



Order GANOLEPIDOTI: Bony Pike 292 



Order CYCLOSTOMI: Lamprey, Lampern, Myxine Pet- 



romyzonidae 293 



Order LEPTOCARDII: Lancelot 296 



DIVISION INVERTEBRATA; or INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS.. 298 



Some Early Reminiscences by the American Editor 298 



CLASS MOLLUSCA; OR MOLLUSKS. 302 



Sub-Class CEPHALOPODA. Order DIBRANCHIATA. 



Section OCTOPODA: Argonaut Arganautidae. . 305 



Eight- Armed Cuttles Octopodidae 306 



Section DECAPODA; or TEN-FOOTED CUTTLES: Cala- 



maries Teuthidae 307 



Sepia Sefriadae 310 



Spirals Spiralidae 311 



rder TETRABRANCHIATA; OB FOUR-GILLED 



ANIMALS: Chambered Nautilus Nautilidae. .. 311 

 rder GASTEROPODA. Sub-Order PROSOBBANCHIATA. 



Section SIPHONOSTOMATA: Strombidae 412 



Muricidae 313 



Bucdnidae (finl example: Whelk) 317 



Conidae, Volutidae 321 



Cypraeidae 322 



Section HOLOSTOMATA; or SEA SNAILS: 324 



Naticidae, Neritidae 324 



Cerithiadae 325 



TurritelKdae 326 



iitonnidae 327 



Turbinidne 328 



Haliotidae 329 



Fissurellidae, Calyptrmdae (ni eim- 



ple: Cup- aad Saucer-Limpets) 331 



Dentalidae, Chilonidae 332 



VOL. in. 



Other Fami- 

 lies of 

 Shells. 



Other Fami- 

 lies of 

 Shells. 



Order PULMONIFERA; OB INOPERCULATE AND 

 OPERCULATE GASTEROPODS: Snails 



Helicidae 333 



Slugs Limecidae 335 . 



Apple-Snails Paludinidae 336 



Pond-Snails Limiusidae 33" 



Section OPERCULATA. Order OPISTHOBRANCHIA- 

 TA. Sub-Order TECTIBBAXCUIATA: Bubble- 

 Shells BuUidae 338 



Sea-Pigeons Aplysiadae. Indian Umbrella Pleu- 



robrawhidae 339 



Sub-Order NDDIBBANCHIATA; or NAKBD-GII.LED MOLLUSKS: 

 Doris -Doridae. Dendronotus, and Doto Tri- 



toniadae 340 



Eolis, and Glencus Eoliilnc 341 



Order NUCLEOBRANCHIATA: Carinaria Firolidae. 

 Order PTEROPODA; OR WING-FOOTED 

 MOLLUSKS. Suit-Order THECASOMATA: Hya- 

 lea, Cleodora, Spike-Shell, and Cymbulia Hya- 



leidae 342 



Order BRACHIOPODA: Lamp-Shells TerebratuUdae, 



Rliyiicltoncllidne, Lingididae 344 



Order ACEPHALA;ou HKADLESS MOLLUSKS. Sub- 

 Order ASIPHOMDAK: Oysters Aslreidae 345 



Wing-Shells AvifMlidue 350 



Mussels Mi/IUUdae 347 



Noah's Ark ^readoe. Pearl-Bearing Mollusks 



UnioiMae 351 



Sub-Order SIPHOMDA: Clams Vlaniidae, Tridacnidae. 



Cockles Carchadar, t'iijirini<lae 352 



Venus Shells I V/irrid(/c. Through-Shells Hac- 



tridae 353 



Scrobicularia Tellitddae 354 



Razor-Shells Sotenidae. Gaper-Shells Myacidae. 



Watering Pot-Shell (fastrochaenidae 355 



Piddocks Pholedidae 356 



Order TUN1CATA: Solitary Ttmicates Xscidindne 35S 



Social Ascidians CUroellinae. Compound Ascidi- 



ans BotryUidae. Pyrosoma Pyrosomidae 369 



Scalpa Scalpidae 360 



Sub-Class POLYZOA. Order INFUNDILULATA. Sub- 

 Order CHEF.OSTOMATA 361 



Catenicellidae, Sa/icoriuiriadae 362 



Cellularidae 363 



Scrupariadae, Faniminariadae, Ge- 

 mellariadae, Cabereadae, Biccllar- 



iadae 364 



Flustradae, Memlrraniporidae 365 



Celleporidae, Escharidae 366 



Selenariadae 367 



Sub-Order CVCLOSTOMATA: Crisiodoc, Tubuttporidue 367 



Versiclllariadae (flnt eiample: SerlalarU lendiueri) 368 



Alcyonidiadae, Pedicettinadae 369 



Order PHYLACTOLAEMATA. Sub-Order LOPHOPEA: 369 



Fresh-Water ( Criftatellidae 369 



Polyzoa. \ Plumatellidae 371 



Marine 

 Polyzoa. 



DIVISION ARTHROPODA. 



372 



CLASS INSECTA; OB INSECTS. 372 



Order COLEOPTERA; OR BEETLES. Flection PENTA- 

 MERA. Sub-Section AUEPHAOA. Stops GEODE- 



PHAOA: Tiger Beetles Cicindelidae 373 



Ground-Beetles, etc. Carabidae 375 



Stirps HTDROPHAOA; or WATER BEETLES : 375 



Great Water Beetle Ityd'cidae. Whirlwig Beetles 



Gyrinidae 376 



Sub-Section RYPOPHAOA. Stirps BBACHELYTBA: Rove 



Beetles Staphylinidae 377 



