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Tig. IG. — Zoca, 



Zoeat Bosc, having the eyes large, globular, and entirely uncovered, with the thorax cornutcd. Z. Pelagica, 

 Bosc, found in the Atlantic Ocean; Monoculus Taurus ai '^Vdhhtr ; and probably 

 the Cancer Germanm of Linnaeus. [These curious creatures, of whicli Latreille 

 observed that they had not been sufficiently studied, and at the same time re- 

 gretted that he had never been able to obtain a specimen, have recently attracted 

 a great deal of attention, from having been asserted to be merely the larva; of 

 Decapod Brachyurous Crustacea, such as the common edible Crab, &c., by Dr. 

 J. V. Thompson, who, in his Zoological Researches, and other memoirs published 

 in the different scientific periodicals, has given figures of many new species, with- 

 out, however, gaining a knowledge of the perfect analogy which exists between 

 the organs of these animals and the Macroura. Having fortunately been enabled 

 to dissect a very large species of this singular group, I have ascertained that 

 the supposed legs are merely the two outer pairs of foot-jaws immensely de- 

 veloped ; the five pairs of true thoracic legs existing beneath the carapax. {See 

 my memoir, published in the Philosophical Transactions.) RI. Milne Edwards 

 treats of them as Crusiace's dotiteux, and thinks it possible that they may be the 

 youug of some of his Anomourous order. In this state of the question (the change 

 from a Zoea to a Crab never having been observed, although the genera Mega- 

 lopus and Macropa of Latreille are affirmed to be the intermediate stage), all that 

 can with certainty be arrived at is, that Zoea is a Malacostracous animal, be- 

 longing to the order Uecapoda, and that it must consequently be removed from 

 the Entomostraca.] 



Nebalia, Leach, has the eyes flattened, and in part covered by a triangular channelled scale. The legs are 

 furcate; and the appendages at the extremity of the body setaceous. N. I-lerbstii, Leach and Desmarest ; and 

 N. Gcoffro}ji, Edwards. The latter is described, in a very detailed manner, by M. Milne Edwards, in the Aiinales 

 des Sciences Naturellcs, [vol. xiii. pi. 15]. Tlie rostrum in front of the shell is articulated at its base. The eyes 

 are peduncled : the superior antennaB are inserted beneath them, with the second joint furnished with an oval 

 ciliated plate. [The teruiinal part is 9-aunulated: these organs are elbowed, and bent down in front. The in- 

 ferior antennffi are longer, more slender, and equally directed downwards ; they consist of four strong basal joints, 

 and nine long terminal annuli. The shell is oval, and the animal considerably resembles a small short Shrimp, 

 only the legs are very short, bifid, and inserted far behind. Between them and the mouth, there are, however, 

 five pairs of minute, lamellose appendages, which probably represent the hinder foot-jaws and the fore-legs. The 

 abdomen is long, slender, nine-jointed, and terminated by two bifid appendages.] 



The Nehalie ventrue of Risso {Journ. Phi/s., Oct. 1822) probably constitutes a distinct genus in the section of the 

 Schizopoda. In the Cpctops e.riliens of Xivmwi, the thorax is divided into several segments, which excludes it 

 from Nt'balia. It also forms a subgeims intermediate between the preceding and following. 



Cnma, Edwards, is allied to Condi/tura, but the superior antenna; are rudimental, and consist of a single joint. 

 The head is distinct from the thorax, which is divided into four segments, of which the first supports the four 

 fore- legs, and each of the three following another pair. All the legs are natatory, directed forwards, and -without 

 hooks at the tip. The two first pairs are alone bifid. [M. Edwards placed it amongst the Amphipoda. The 

 Cancer scorpioides of IMontague, overlooked by all Crustaceologists, appears to be congenerous. Type, Cuina 

 Audouinii, Edwards.] 



Condijlura, Latr. The inferior antennae are longer. Tlie anterior sides of the first segment are prolonged and 

 pointed, forming two scales close together like a beak. Some of the middle feet are furnished, like the Schizo- 

 pods, with an outer appendage close to the base. The tail is narrow, 7-jointed, the last being long, conical, 

 and extends between the two slender, styliform, 2-jointed lateral appendages. C Dorbiguii, Latr. From the 

 coast of La Rochelle. " 



The other Lojj/ii/ropa of the tirst division, and in which the thorax is divided into several segments, 

 the tirst being by far the largest, are only furnished with a single eye, situated in the middle of the 

 forehead between the upper antennae, constituting the genus 



Cijclops, Miill., studied by the elder Jurine and Ramdohr. The body is more or less oval, soft, or gelatinous, 

 divided into two portions ; the one anterior, composed of the head and thorax, and the other posterior, or tiie tail. 

 The first segment of the latter, in the female, bears two minute feet, and is not always easily distinguishable 

 from the thorax. The tail is 6-jointed: the terminal joint forked, and more or less furnished with feather-like 

 filaments. The anterior part of the body is divided into four segments. The first, being the largest, composes 

 the head and part of the thorax : it bears the eye, four antennae, two palpigerous mandibles, two maxilla;, and four 

 legs, each divided into two cylindrical stems. Each of the three following segments is furnished with a pair of 

 feet. The two upper antenna; are long and multiarticulate, assisting in locomotion, having nearly the action of 



