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longitudinally in the form of a bivalve shell -which 
entii’cly conceals the head, body, and feet of the 
animal. There is but a single large black eye in 
these young ones, situated Polyphemus-like in the 
middle of the forehead. The very young larvse are 
of a pale horn colour, and swim in a steady manner 
forwards, the ventral edge of the shell being directed 
downwards. As they move through the water they 
partially expand and close the valves of the shell. 
Older and larger individuals are olivaceous, and are 
fond of lying on their sides in the sand at the edge 
of the pond, now and then spinning round and 
round by means of their protruded tail. The adult 
of Kroyer’a shield-shrimp, as it may be called, keeps 
in deep water, and is voracious and predatory, not 
confining his attention to small things in the water, 
but even feeding on drowned dragon-flies. 
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The little island called Staunton Island, near the 
Shan-tung promontory, is very high and rocky, with 
an irregular green summit. Iron-bound and inac- 
cessible, one little cove alone serves as a landing 
