JIOOM X. 
Nat. Mist, 
TABLE 
1 . 
TABLE 
2 , 
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specimen of the Pennatula argentea, or silver 
sea-pen, from the East-Indies ; the red or com¬ 
mon sea-pen, the grey ditto, &c. 
In the Tables 1 and 2 is deposited Sir Hans 
Sloane’s collection of insects. Considering the 
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length of time since this collection was formed, 
and the perishable nature of articles of this 
kind, it will not appear extraordinary that this 
part of the Museum should be inferior to the 
rest in point of preservation. 
Among these insects will be found the great 
Hercules beetle ; the elephant beetle; different 
species of golden beetles ; the insect known by 
the name of walking leaf; the great lanthorn fly; 
locusts of various kinds ; butterflies ; moths ; 
dragon flies ; bees ; wasps, &c. 
In the Divisions 1 to 4 are the apterous in¬ 
sects : scorpions ; spiders, among which is the 
tarantula ; scolopendrae or centipedes ; juli or 
galley-worms: also a very numerous collection 
of chrysalides or aurelise ; various nests of w T asps, 
&c. 
In the Divisions 5 to 8 are the crustaceous 
animals ; the West-Indian land-crab ; lobsters ; 
various spider-crabs ; soldier-crabs ; the Mono- 
culus Polyphemus, v usually called the king or 
horse-shoe crab. 
A larger series of the insect tribe , among which 
are 
