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CONTESTS. 



Quoit-Fishes — Discoboli 253 



Frog-Fishes— Batrachidae, Pediculati 255 



Blennies — Btenniidcte - 256 



Deal-Fish and Gymnetrus — Traclnjpteridae. . 258 



Surgeon and Thorutail — Acanthuridae 259 



Climbing Perth — Labyrinthici 260 



Sand Smelt— Atherinidae.— Gray Mullet — MugUidae -Jill 



Snake-Head- <, Opliiocephalidae 262 



ed Fishes. < ' 'epolidae 203 



Spike-Bearing Fishes — Centriscidae 263 



Snake-Bodied Fishes--.Fis<uto-idae. — Eel-like Fishes 



— Mastacembelidae 261 



Order MALACOPTERYGII; or Fishes having fins with 

 rays closely jointed.— Sub-Order Bbachii: Flat 



Fishes — Pleuronectidae 265 



Cod-Fish— Gadidae 267 



r Ophidini 270 



j Anguillidae, Congeridae, Muraenidae.. 272 



Eels - i Gymnotidae 273 



[ Leptocephalidae 275 



Sub-Order Abdominai.es: Blind Fish — Heteropygidae. . . . 275 



Herring Tribe— Clupeidae . . 276 



Flying Fish, and Pike -Esocidae 278 



Salmon — Salmonidae. 2711 



Stargazer— Cyprinidontidae 283 



Carp, Barbel, Bream, etc. — Cyprinidae 284 



Silurus— Siluridae 2S7 



Order PLECTOGNATHI; or Fishes with coalescent jaws: 



Trunk-Fishes— Seterodermi 287 



Naked-Toothed Fishes — Gymnodontes 289 



Order LOPHOBRANCHIATA; or CREST-GILLED 

 FISHES: Sea-Dragon and Pegasus — Pegasidae. 

 Sea-Horse, Great Pipe-Fish, and Pliyllopteryx — 



Syngnathidae 290 



Order GANOLEPIDOTI: Bony Pike 292 



Order CYCLOSTOMI: Lamprey, Lampern, MyxiiK — Pet- 



romyzonidae 293 



' <h,l,r LEPTOCARDII: Lancelet 296 



DIVISION INVERTEBRATA; or INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS. 

 Some Early Reminiscences by the American Editor 



298 

 298 



CLASS MOLLUSC A; OK3IOLLI SKS. 



Sub-Class CEPHALOPODA.-"/.?.,' DIBRANCHIATA — 



Section OCTOPOBA : Argonimt—Argonavtidae 



Eight-Armed Cuttles— OctojjoditUie 



Section BECAPODA; or TEN-FOOTEB CUTTLES: Cala- 



maries — Teuthidue., 



Sepia -Scpiudae 



Spirals — Spiralidue. 



Order TETRABRANCHTATA; or FOUR-GILLED 



ANIMALS: Chambered Nautilus— Nautdidae. 



Order GASTERI )PODA. — Sub-Order Prosobraxchiata.— 



Section SIPHONOS TOMA TA: Strombidae 



T , . ( Muricidae 



( Itlier 1' ami- I . . , _„, 



! DUCCimdae (fint example: WheiKj 



lies 01 ^ „ , ,-,.-, 



,, ,, 1 ' omdae, > olutidae 



Shells. I 



^ ' ypraeidae 



Section HOLOSTOMATA; or SEA SNAILS: 



Naticidae, Nerilidae . 



Cerithiadae. 



Turritellidae 



Litorrrddae ■ 



Turbinidae 



Haliotidae 



Fissurellidae, Calyptneidae (first exam- 



jile- Cup- an.l Saui-er-Liinpfts 



Dentalidae, Chitoiddae 



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302 



305 



306 



307 



3111 

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Other Fami- 

 lies of 

 Shells. 



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Order PULMONIFERA; or INOPERCULATE AND 

 OPERCULATE GASTEROPODS: Snails— 



Helicidae 333 



Slugs — Limecidae 335 



Apple-Snails — Paludinidae 336 



Pond-Snails — Limnaeidae 337 



Section OPERCULA TA.— Order OPISTHOBRANCHIA- 

 T A. — Sub-Order Tectibraxchiata: Bubble- 

 Shells— Bullidae 338 



Sea-Pigeons — Aplysiadae. — Indian Umbrella — Pleu- 



robraitchidae 339 



Sub-Order Nudibranchiata; or Naked-Gilled Moixusks: 

 Doris — Doridae. — Dendronotus, and Doto — Tri- 



tordadae 340 



Eolis, and Glencus — Eolidae 341 



Order NUCLEOBKANCHTATA: Carinaria— Firolidae.— 

 or,),:,- PTEROPODA; ok WING-FOOTED 

 MOLLUSKS.— Sub-Order Thecasomata: Hya- 

 lea, Cleodora, Spike-Shell, and Cymbulia — Hya- 



leidae 342 



Order BRACHIOPODA : Lamp-Shells— Terebratulidae, 



Rhyrnchonellidae, Lingulidae 344 



ur.hr ACEPHALA; or HEADLESS MOLLUSKS.— Sub- 

 Order Asiphonidae: Oysters— Astreidae 345 



Wing-Shells— Aviculidae 350 



Mussels— Mytillidae 347 



Noah's Ark- — Arcadae. —Pearl-Bearing Mollusks — 



Vnionidae 351 



Sub-Order Siphonida: Clams — CVatHidae, Tridacnidae. — 



Cockles -( urdictdw , ' iniriuidae 352 



Venus Shells -Yeneridae. -Through-Shells— Mae- 



tridae... 353 



Scrobicularia — Tellinidae 354 



Razor-Shells— AWemdae. - Gaper-Shells— -ifi/aa'dae. 



—Watering Pot-Shell Gastruchm nidae 355 



Piddoeks— Pholedidac 356 



Order TUNICATA: Solitary Tunicates — Ascidiadae 358 



Soeial Ascidians— < 'lavellinae.- -C pound Ascidi- 



ans — Botryllidae. — Pyrosoma — Pyrosoniidae 359 



Scalpa — Scalpidae. 360 



Sub-Class F0LYZ0A — Order INFUNDILULATA.— Sub- 



Order Chelostomata 361 



( Catenicellidae, Salicornariadae -".62 



Cellularidae .... 363 



Sn'upariadue, Fart imiuariadae, Ge- 

 Marine j mellariadae, Cabereadae, Biccllar- 



Polyzoa. \ "(''.»' -".64 



Flustradae, Membraniporidae. 365 



Celleporidae, Escharidae 366 



Selcfuariadae 367 



Sub-Order Ctci.uktomata: Crisiadae, Tubuliporidaf 367 



Yersieularia.lae ' first .-xaiiiple: S<-na],-iri:i lohli^ri 1 368 



Aleyorddiadae, Pedicellinadae 369 



Order PHYLACTOLAEMATA.— Sub-Order Lophopea: 369 



Fresh-Water i, ' 'rintatellidae 369 



Polyzoa. ( Plinmik-llidae 371 



DIVISION ARTHR0P0DA. 



372 



CLASS INSECTA; OK INSECTS. 372 



Order COLEOPTERA; or BEETLES— .Sediori PENTA- 

 MERA. -Sub-Section Aiii--.ru .111.1.- Stirps Geode- 



phaoa: Tiger Beetles — Ciciudelidae 373 



Ground-Beetles, etc.— Carabidae 375 



Siirps Htdrophaoa; or Water Beetles: 375 



Great Water Beetle— Dyticidae. — Whirlwig Beetles 



—Gyrinidac 376 



Sub-Section Rypophaga. — Stirps Brachelytra: Rove 



Beetles -Slnphylinidae 377 



