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place to be amongst those anomalous forms which have 

 been associated by Dr. Milne Edwards into the interme- 

 diate group, the ANOMOURA. 



The species of this genus are very widely distribute 

 The Indian and African shores, those of the Red Sea and 

 of the Mediterranean, the islands of the West Indies, and 

 the coasts of South America, have furnished various species; 

 and our own southern coast has of late years been found to 

 give a place of habitation to one of the most conspicuous 

 species. 



