COLLECTION OF ARTICULATED ANIMALS. 4^7 



they live in burrows and in burial grounds ; but 

 in the spawning season they go to the sea-shore, 

 keeping always in a straight line. In the fol- 

 lowing boxes are the pagarus, Latr., the largest 

 species of the genus; the dromia, Latr., which 

 having the hind feet elevated, and terminated in 

 a hook, makes use of them to seize upon the 

 sponges, shells, and other objects under which it 

 takes shelter, and which it carries about with it ; 

 the ranina, Latr., which is said to climb even on 

 the roofs of houses; and the scyllarus, Fabr., or 

 large crawfish of the Mediterranean, the lateral 

 antennae of which are widened into a crest. In 

 the two last boxes are the monoculi, the Cyclops 

 of America, and the Molucca crab, which arc 

 sometimes more than 2 feet in length ; their shell 

 is convex, rounded in front, and terminated by a 

 long sharp tail. The black slaves use the shell of 

 this animal to carry water in, holding it by the 

 tail, which answers perfectly the purpose of a 

 handle. One species of this genus (/. heterodac- 

 tylus, Latr.), is a favourite dish amongst the Chi- 

 nese ; and the inhabitants of Japan paint and carve 

 it upon their monuments as a symbol of the zo- 

 diacal constellation of Cancer. 



We are now going to examine the series of the 

 crustaceae which are in the entablement of the 

 chest of drawers, beginning opposite to thr 



