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This feature is characteristic of the class to which these ani- 

 mals belong. How difEerent in this respect from the creat- 

 ures already studied, in which the eggs are deposited and 

 left by the animal ! It has been learned that certain spiders 

 too carry their eggs round with them, and protect them. 



Btting-jaw Mandible 



Lettlb jaws or acces- 



80ET JA"WS, Oa MAXIL- 



( First Maxilla . . 



Second Maxilla 



f First Maxillijyed 



FooT-JAwe, OB MAxrL- . 



LIPESES. 



Second Maxdlliped. 



Third Maxilliped. 



Fig. 126.— MoTjTH-pABTa of a CnAwnsn fkom the Left Side. 



Fig. 128 represents a crab carrying its eggs glued to the 

 appendages on the under surface of the abdomen. Pupils 

 having access to lobsters in the markets, will, by looking over 

 them, find some specimens in which the eggs are being carried 

 in this way. 



126. The young animal in growing sheds its entire shell, 



