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tical experience of the Sessile-Eyed division, Avould perhaps 

 have feared to tread. Our knowledge of the forms which 

 exist within the area of the Channel Islands, still amounts to 

 verv little. Personally I have never paid special attention to 

 the lower division ; the species I have named are those Avhich 

 have come under my notice in the course of other marine 

 work ; but short and imperfect as it is, the list shows hoAV 

 great is the field, for it may be mentioned here that close upon 

 eleven hundred Sessile-Eyed Crustaceans have been discovered 

 in North Atlantic waters and additional forms are continually 

 being found. 



It seems to me passing strange that while so many persons 

 devote their attention to conchology, so very few pay any 

 regard at all to the far more varied and interesting class 

 Crustacea. I trust therefore that this paper may induce 

 some of our young and energetic friends to take up this 

 fascinating study, for our coasts are unsurpassed as a hunting 

 ground. There are no difficulties in the way of collecting and 

 preserving specimens. Methylated spirit and well-corked 

 tubes do vei'v well for all the small forms ; while maceration, 

 the kitchen tap, and subsequent desiccation in proper form 

 will do all that is needful for the larger ones. The question 

 of the identification of the captures need not deter the young- 

 student, for he will find in his local public library the principal 

 text books required ; and as for critical forms, he will always 

 find specialists ready and willing to help him. 



