CRUSTACEANS & INSECTS OF THE OOLITE. 



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The state of perfection in which the animals allied to the 

 Cuttle-fish occur in the Lias, and also in the clays of the 

 Oolite, especially in the Oxford clay of "Wiltshire,* is most 

 extraordinary. The soft parts of the body and arms, the 

 capsule of the globe of the eye, and the ink-bag still 

 retaining its inspissated secretion, are often found in their 

 natural position, and distinctly recognisable. This state 

 indicates a rapid imbedding of the animals while in their 

 natural element. f 



29. Crustaceans and Insects. — Numerous genera of 

 Crustaceans and Insects have been collected : the museum 

 of the late Count Munster was celebrated throughout Europe 

 for the magnificent series of remains of this kind which it 

 contained. 



Ligx. 119. — Fossil Wing of a species of Dragon-i ly; from the Lias of 

 Bidford, Warwickshire. (Nat. sizej.% 



a, Spot on the margin of the wing. 



(JEshna Liassina, of Mr. Strickland.) 



Species allied to the Shrimps, Prawns, Lobsters, and 

 Crabs, have been found in great perfection at Solenhofen, 

 Pappenheim, &c. ; a species of Limulus, or of some allied 

 form (Eryon Cuvieri), occurs in an exceedingly perfect 

 state. 



* See the London Geological and Palasontological Journal, Ko. 2, 

 PL XV. XYL, for figures of some remarkable specimens in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Channing Pearce. 



f See Dr. Buckland's Bridgwater Essay, for exquisite figures of the 

 shells and soft parts of Cephalopoda. 



t By H. G. Strickland, Esq.— Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. iv. p. 301. 



