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noted how much we are indebted to our worthy countryman for his 

 elaborate distribution of these singular animals ; their distinguishing cha- 

 racters have been seized upon with considerable skill, and have power- 

 fully aided in completing their present natural arrangement. 



Example. 

 PI. XVI. Fig. 1 to 4. 



Otion Cuvierii, Leach, Enc. Brit. Supp., vol. iii. p. 170. pi. 57. 



Lepas aurita, Linnaeus. 

 Gymnolepas Cuvierii, De Blainville. 

 Malacota bivalvis, Schumacher. 



