438 Rev. L. Guilding's Mollusca CarihhcBana, 



I have commenced for the Journal the following essays 



VertebratUj. 

 Mollusca^ 



1. Pestes occidentales containing the <^Annulosay ^Noxia: 



and 



Radiata^ 



in which figures and descriptions will be given of every animal of 

 the West Indies, which exercises its destructive agency in attack- 

 ing the person or the property of man. 



Vertebratay 

 Mollusca^ 



2. Miracula Zoologica containing ihe^Annulosa, ^^ Miranda 



and 



Radiata, 



in which those species will be noticed which offer any thing 

 highly remarkable or uncommon in their structure and economy. 



Vertebratay 

 Mollusca^ 



3. Usus animalium containing the ^Jnnulosa, ^Pretiosa 



and 



Radiata^ 



or those which contribute directly or indirectly to our food and 

 comforts. 



These essays must be extended to a considerable length, and 

 will form in the annulose animals, a long commentary on that un- 

 rivalled work, for which we are indebted to the industry and 

 talents of Kirby and Spence. Had I deferred for a few .years the 

 publication of these papers, I might have been enabled to present 

 them in a better dress, arranged according to the most modern 

 systems ; but I shall perhaps render a greater service to Natural 

 History, by hastening to publish the most interesting of our ani- 

 mal productions in detached portions, to which a tabular view 

 with additional remarks may be added hereafter. 



Such is the task I have chalked out for myself, one which will 

 require for its elucidation many hundred drawings, with their 

 necessary magnified details. All these I shall cheerfully prepare, 

 should not the engraving and colouring of so many subjects en- 



