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GENUS PALINURUS. 



doubt that the Palinurus was the /capa/3os of Aristotle, 

 and the Locusta of Latin authors ; the latter name being 

 taken up by Belon, Rondeletius, and other writers of the 

 earlier period of the revival of science. 



This genus is the sole generic representative of the family. 

 The characters are, however, so important and so strongly 

 marked, as absolutely to require this distinction. 



The vignette is a view on the Thames at Chelsea, by 

 Mr. C. C. Pyne. 



