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desirable. Suffice it to say, that they have been selected in. 

 order to show the wonderful variety that exists among them, 

 and the exceeding beauty of their forms. Perhaps the most 

 elegant forms are to be found among the Lepralia, plenty of 

 which are to be found on any sea-coast, spreading over the fronds 

 and stems of sea-weeds, and sometimes entirely hiding their 

 surface. Further information may be obtained by reference to 

 works on Natural History, and especially to the admirable 

 monograph on this subject, written by Mr. Bush, which forms 

 part of the catalogue of the British Museum. 



The names of the different objects are as follows : — 



I. Farciminaria aculeAta. 

 •i, Lep»lia reticulata. 



3. Gattyaj. 



i. Cupulnria Lowei. 

 &. Bicellaria giacilifi. 



6. Buskia niteiis. 



7. Lepralia alata. 



S. Gatenicella perforata. 



9. Lepralia spiniferaL 



10. Crisia ebarnia (magnified). 



11. (Natural size). 



12. Flnsti-a foliacea (magniiieO). 

 13. (Nat. size/ 



RAPT SPIDER. 



The second aquatic habitation is of a very curious character, 

 and is made by a spider. The reader will remember that the 

 water spider is in the habit of constructing beneath the water a 

 permanent home, to which it retires with the prey which it has 

 caught, and in which it brings up its young. There is another 

 spider which frequents the water, but which only makes a 



