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of the family, Pagurus pwictulatus, are also placed in this Table-case 
case. No. 12. 
The members of the family Coenobitidae are Land-crabs, 
though their early stages are passed in the sea, and the adults visit 
the sea periodically. The species of Coenobita carry shells about 
with them like the marine Paguridae, but the “ Robber-Crab ” or 
The Coco-nut Crab, Birgus latro, much reduced. [Wall-case No. 6.] 
“ Coco-nut Crab,” Birgus latro (Pig. 40), of which a specimen is 
shown in Wall-case No. 6, has given up the habit of carrying a 
portable dwelling, and the dorsal plates of the abdomen, which in 
the other hermit-crabs are soft and membranous, have again 
become hard and shelly. 
The stories told of the tree-climbing habits of Birgus have often 
been doubted, but the matter is set at rest by a photograph exhibited 
in Wall-case No. 6. This photograph was taken on Christmas 
