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in the water, the sound was like a snap of the finger, and 

 the water was splashed in my face. The appearance of the 

 claw during the operation reminded one forcibly of a trigger. 

 The pincers opened slowly, till they gaped very widely, and 

 when they had opened to their fuUest extent, they closed 

 instantaneously, as though with a spring, like the trigger of 

 a pistol. If the pincers were not opened to their fullest 

 extent, however, they closed gently and without noise. 

 Other, and probably new species of this curious genus of 

 Crustacea I afterwards met with at Labuan ; and I also took 

 specimens at Singapore, where they were full of spawn m 

 the early part of April. The peculiar clicking apparatus, 

 although deserving of remark, is by no means unusual, and 

 is shared by another genus, Alope. 



A beautiful banded Comatula, or feather-star, came up with 



Comatula. 



the anchor, which, however, was sufi&ciently simple in its form 

 to allow of its being depicted with tolerable accuracy before 



