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CAPRELLID.E. 



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. 



