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served a long time in a state of desiccation, without losing 

 their vital properties. At most, it is not until after the third 

 moulting, that these animals become adult and capable of re- 

 production. In the case of some of them, it has been verified,' 

 that a single act of sexual intercourse can fecundate several 

 successive generations. 



We shall here close our supplement on the Crustacea in 

 general, and on the first principal section of that class, the 

 Malacostraca in particular, and shall now proceed to the 

 translation of the Entomastraca. 



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