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served a long time in a state of desiccation, without losing 
their vital properties. At most, it is not until after the third 
moulting, that these animals become adult and capable of re- 
production. In the case of some of them, it has been verified, 
that a single act of sexual intercourse can fecundate several 
successive generations. 
We shall here close our supplement on the Crustacea in 
general, and on the first principal section of that class, the 
Malacostraca in particular, and shall now proceed to the 
translation of the Entomastraca. 
