62 CAPRELLID®. 
This species appears to have a near representative in 
different parts of the globe. It differs but little from 
C. geometrica of the United States, and is distinguishable 
in the thickness of the body only from C. robusta from 
Rio Janeiro. It closely resembles C. nodosa from the 
Mauritius, and also a species recently sent to us by Mr. 
Taylor, that we take to be identical with C. geometrica, 
and which he procured in great abundance from amongst 
the weeds at the bottom of an old yacht which had been 
lying undisturbed for about two years in the harbour of 
Hong Kong. 
The vignette below represents a Gower Cockle Girl. 

