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SAN DIEGO, CAL. , FEBRUARY, 1885. 



That man is certainly the happi- 

 est, who is able to find out the great- 

 number of reasonable and useful 

 amusements, easily attainable 

 and within his power; and, if 

 so, he that is delighted with the 

 works of Nature, and makes them 

 his study, must undoubtedly be 

 happy; since every animal, flow- 

 er, fruit or insect, nay, almost 

 every particle of matter affords 

 him an entertainment. Such a 

 man never can feel his time hang 

 heavy in his hands, or be weary 

 of himself, for want of knowing 

 how to employ his thoughts. Each 

 garden or field is to him a cabinet 

 of curiosities, every one of which 

 he longs to examine fully; and he 

 considers the whole universe as a 

 magazine of wonders, which infin- 

 ite ages are scarce sufficient to 

 contemplate and admire enough. 

 —[Henry Baker, in the Micro- 

 scope Made Easy, published at 

 London in 1742, and re-published 

 in the Journal of the New York 

 Microscopical Society, January, 

 1885, just received. 



CRUSTACEA OF SAN DIEGO 



(The following list of the ma- 

 rine Crustacea of this place has 

 been prepared from determina- 

 tions received of W. N. Lockington 

 They have all been collected by 

 myself during the past few years. ) 



Pinnixa f uba, Dana, parasitic in 

 Modiola capax. 



Hippa analoga, St. 



Xanthodes Taylori, St., holes in 

 rocks. 



Daira Americana, St. 



Pleuroncodes planipes, St. 



Cancer antennarius, St., unaer 

 rocks common. 



Callianassa longimana, under 

 rocks abundant. 



Pelia Pacifica, A. M. Ed., spi- 

 der crab. 



Epialtus productus, Dana, com- 

 mon. 



Xantho bella, St., under rocks, 

 small red crab. 



Xantho leucomanus, Lck., white 

 headed crab. 



Xantho vittata, St. 



Randalia ornata, St, a large crab. 



Inachus tuberculatus, Lck, a 

 spider crab. 



Idotaea rectilinea, Lck. 



Panulirus interuptus, Kandall, 

 craw fish. 



Pilumuns spin-hirsutus, Lck., 

 under rocks. 



Alpheus Harfordi, Kingsley, 

 under mantle of Haliotis. 



Lygia occidentalis, Dana, com- 

 mon "14-footer." 



Petrolisthes rupicola, St. 



Pugettia richii, Dana, a spider 

 crab. 

 ' Eupagurus hersuticusculus, (?) 



This list will be continued as 

 often as new determinations of 

 Crustacea collected allows. 



