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of the King-Crab (Limulas) (surely not from the Gulf of Naples !), 

 several Thornback Spider-Crabs {Maia squinado), the curious 

 Box Crab (Calappa granulata), and an olive-brown Cicada- 

 Prawn {Scyllarus latus). 



The Echinodermata were represented by at least seven species 

 of Star-fishes (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) , four of Sea-Urchins 

 (Echinoidea), and two of Sea-Cucumbers {Holuthuroidea) . 



The Cephalopoda exhibited comprised six specimens of the 

 Octopus {Octopus vulgaris), eleven of the Squid (Loligo vidgaris), 

 and two of the Cuttlefish {Sepia officinalis). 



Of the Gastropoda attention may be called to the specimens 

 of Doris, to the large black Sea-Hare {Aplysia limacina), and to 

 the War-trumpet Shell {Triton nodiferus). 



The Ctenophora were represented by two species of Beroe, 

 and the Anthozoa by a large series of Sea Anemones and Corals. 



11. Paris, France. 

 (i) Jardin des Plantes. 



To properly appreciate this wonderful place, the cradle of 

 zoological science, the Mecca of zoologists, the visitor, if he has 

 not been brought up to a knowledge of it from childhood, should 

 first read some of the literature bearing on its history.* 



This history is so full of the names of famous men that at 

 every epoch it is of absorbing interest, but by dividing it into 

 four periods, as suggested below, it will be easier for the visitor 

 to trace out the varied fortunes of the institution and the evolu- 

 tion of the grounds and buildings. 



I. The Brosse period, 1626-1643. — The physician, Guy de la 

 Brosse, appears to be the founder of the Jardin des Plantes, and 

 was its first Intendant. In 1626 Louis XIII. approved the 

 acquisition, in the Faubourg St. Victor, of a house and twenty- 

 four acres of land for the purpose of what may be called a 



* (i) ' History and Description of the Eoyal Museum of Natural History,' 

 translated from the French of M. Deleuze, Paris, 1823. (ii) ' Guide des 

 Etraugers dans le Museum d'histoire naturelle,' Paris, 1855. (iii) ' Guide a 

 la Menagerie des Reptiles,' Leon Vaillant, Paris, 1897. (iv) ' The Eoyal 

 Menagerie of France,' E. T. Hamy, Smithsonian Publication No. 1155, 

 Washington, 1898. 



