CANTHOCAMPTUS, CHYDORUS, PlTC. 



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fessed that the subsequent conduct of ^Irs. Cantho- 

 camptus did not indicate the possession of much 

 prudence, for she learnt no lesson from experience, 

 but repeatedly swam against her enemy's tentacles, 



A, CanthoeampUis minutus; B, Chydorm splitericus; C and D, Capsules and 

 poison-threud ot polyp; E, Tricodiria pediculns, side view and under view, F, 

 Kerona polyporum.—AIicrog. Diet. 



suffered many captures, and only escaped being 

 devoured through the indifference, or want of ap- 

 petite, which the polyp evinced. 



