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The undersigned, who for many years has been especially ( 

 gtudy of the various groups of Crustacea, and who, on Ins many -journey^ 

 research, has been enabled to make himself especially famiiiar with the 

 •species represented in the northern fauna, hereby begs to invite Norwegian 

 id foreign zoologists to subscribe to a complete work on the Crustacea of 

 orway. In this work, the author will characterisQ, as concisely as possible, 

 %ll the Norwegian species hitherto known and. what is uf great importance, 

 tlie deseiij)tions will be accompanied by carefully drawn figures of all the 

 forms. The lack of good plates has hitherto made the study of this irttei'esting 

 class of animals very difficult, and, in many cases, has caused sad collusion in 

 e synonymy. It is now the author's intention to try to make the^ species 

 elpnging to the fauna of Norway easily recognisable and definable, which, 

 auch better than by the most elaborate deseriptionf, may undoubtedly be 

 rought about ])y habitus figures, true to nature, and of sufficient size aad 

 iclearne: the plates will be prepared by the author himself, by the 



autograi>liic 11 ethod applied by him very succesfjfully during a series cf 

 years, and as by this means the expense of lithographing will be avoided, 

 il e V. crk can be delivered, richly illustrated, at a comparatively Ioav price 

 state of affairs at our University, for the time, is not such as to allow 

 suppose that a work of this extent can be expected to be published 

 i ttiC llrlversit; within a reasonable time, the author is obliged to adopt 

 lie mode of publication suggested here, and does not doubt but that th^' 

 xndertaking will meet with a favourable reception by foreigr zoologistiS, and 

 that no ^iifficulties will arise to prevent its being completed at a comparatively 

 parly date.' To obtain as lai'ge a distribution as possible it will be writte: 

 jentireiy in the English language, — As stated, the lettfrpress descripiion- 

 jwill be as concise as posMble, and will be chiefly confined to short diagnoses 

 of the famil''"^^, rrinera and Bpccies, critical remarks as to the synonyms, and 

 information oGCurrence and distribul/iou of tbi ^necic;?, — The utmohl 



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