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Cases 15 and 16. Between the windows is the 

 Guana, used as food in the West Indies, the Frilled 

 Lizard, from New Holland, and Sea-snakes. Over this 

 case is an Indian Tortoise of large dimensions. 



The Table cases, Nos. 1 to 8, contain the Brachiuri, 

 or short-tailed Crustacea, as crabs ; here may be seen 

 the Swimming Crabs, Telescope Crabs, Freshwater 

 Crabs from the streams of Italy, Asia, and America ; 

 also the singular rapid mourning~calling Crabs, peculiar 

 to the torrid regions; they have a singular propensity 

 of holding the large claw in front of the body, which as 

 it moves resembles the act of beckoning to a person at a 

 distance ; also when in their holes, in the exclusive 

 possession of which they seem very tenacious, the same 

 claw is used to stop the entrance. Here also are 

 Painted or Land Crabs, which live in holes mostly con- 

 tiguous to burying grounds, and frequent the sea during 

 the breeding season; also Globular Crabs, Crested 

 Crabs, and Long-legged Sea-spiders. Also Crabs with 

 two hinder pairs of legs on their backs ; then come the 

 Death's-head Crabs. 



Table cases 5, 6, and 7 contain the Eocochnata, 

 as Lobsters, Shrimps, Sea-locusts, Rock-lobsters, Pla- 

 ted Lobsters, Crab Lobsters, and the Scorpion Lobsters ; 

 the latter so destructive to the roads in India by its ex- 

 cavations ; then follow the Freshwater Shrimps, Whale 

 Lice, and Wood-lice ; also the King Crab, the style at 

 the end of the body being used by the animal for de- 

 fence as well as by the Indians for points to their ar- 

 rows : a large one is over the mantle piece from China. 



The second table contains a selection illustrative of 

 the orders and genera of the class Insecta, a large col- 

 lection of which may be seen by particular permission 

 on Tuesdays and Thursdays : they are arranged in 

 cabinets in a separate room. 



Table Cases 11, 12, and 13 contain kinds of the 

 order Coleoptera, or Beetles; but perhaps if we were to 

 give the names of the orders and families by which this 

 numerous tribe is divided, which are neither short in 

 themselves, or few in their numbers, it might possibly 



