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In the following we shall endeavor to answer the questions : 

 What connections are suggested by the distribution of the freshwater 

 Decapods, and Is there any other evidence, in the first place, of a 

 geological character to support them ? The solution of these ques- 

 tions will furnish us the key for the reconstruction of the old geo- 

 graphic conditions. 



If we recall the connections suggested by the distribution of the 

 freshwater Crustaceans, we can collect them in the following list : 



1. Connection of 7tortheast Asia with northwest America across 

 Bering Sea (see pp. 290, 291, 295). 



2. Connection of east Asia with Australia (see pp. 295, 305). 



3. Connection of south Asia with Madagascar and Africa (see 

 pp. 295, 305, 306). 



4. Connection of New Zealand with Australia (see p. 295). 



5. Connection of Australia (resp. New Zealand) with South 

 America (see p. 295). 



6. Connection of the West Indies with Central, resp. South 

 America (see pp. 295, 309). 



7. Connection of South America with Africa (see p. 310). 

 Other important questions arose out of the distributional facts, 



which may be classified under the following heads : 



8. General relations of North, Central and South America (see 

 pp. 295, 309). 



9. Relations of Africa to the rest of the world (see pp. 303, 304). 



10. Relations of Europe to Asia {and Africa) (see pp. 291, 



295> 304). 

 We shall take up these different items in the order here indi- 



