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smaller Wrasses ; tlie Eocklings ; tlie Flounder ; the 

 Dab ; the Eels. 



Mollusca. — The Sea-hare ; the Periwinkle ; the com- 

 moner Tops ; the Purple ; the Murex ; the Chitons ; 

 the Bullas; the Scallops; the Mussel; the Moclioles; 

 the Anomia ; the Oyster ; and some of the sand-bur- 

 rowing bivalves, as Vpmus, Mactra, Fullastra, &c. 

 Gastrochcena and Saxicaim, burrowers in stone, may 

 be readily kept, and are very interesting, especially 

 the former, which I have had in confinement for 

 many months, in more than a single instance, and 

 still possess. 



Cirripedes. — The Acom-barnacles {Balanus and 

 Chthamalus) , and the interesting little Pyrgoma, 

 which is invariably found cemented to the plates of 

 our larger Madrepore. 



Crustacea. — The Strawberry Crab ; some of the 

 Swimming Crabs ; the Shore Crab ; the Eatable Crab ; 

 the Hairy Crab ; the Ehalia ; the Masked Crab ; the 

 Soldier Crabs ; the Broad-clawed Crab; the Shrimps ; 

 the true Prawns ; the Athanas ; many of the Entomo- 

 straca. 



Annelides. — The Gold-comb; the Sabellas ; the 

 Serpulas ; the Sea Leech ; the Long Worm ; the 

 Terebellas. 



Zoophytes. — Most species of Sea- Anemone (except 

 the Thick-horn, Bunodes crassicornis, which is preca- 

 rious) ; both species of Madrepore. 



The following are interesting, and may be preserved 

 for a considerable time, but are rather more uncer- 

 tain. Among Fishes, the Sea-scorpion ( Coitus) ; the 

 Fifteen-spined Stickleback; the Butterfly Blenny; the 



