Mil INTRODUCTION. 



Capt. Sir James C. Ross, R.N., Dr. Joseph Hooker, Lieut. 



Alex. Smith, R.N., W. E. Wright, Esq., Charles Darwin, 



Esq., from the South Coast of America, the Falkland 



Islands, &c. 

 H. B. Hillier, Esq., Rev. W. Hennah, H. Bridges, .Esq., 



and T. Bell, Esq., from the Coast of Chili. 

 Dr. Andrew Sinclair, from Guayaquil. 

 M. Goudot, from Columbia. 



The Australasian species, presented by 



Lieut. Jl. Smith, R.N., and R. Gunn, Esq., from Van 



Diemen's Land. 

 The Earl of Derby, Sir John Richardson, M.D., Capt. Sir 



James C. Ross, R.N., and J. B. Jukes, Esq., from various 



parts of Australasia. 

 Dr. Andrew Sinclair. Dr. Stanger, and Dr. Diejfenbach, 



from New Zealand. 



Purchased of 



Mr. Drin g, from S. Australia. 

 Mr. Gould, from Port Essington. 

 Mr. Earl, from New Zealand. 



The collection has been arranged on the system of M. 

 Milne- Edwards' History of Crustacea, with additions from 

 M. De Haan's work on the Crustacea of Japan, and other 

 later contributions to this branch of zoology. 



JOHN EDWARD GRAY. 



British Museum, 

 April 12th, 1847. 



