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room vin. the lowermost shelf is deposited the supposed leg 
Nat. Hist, of the Dodo, &C. 
(Table 1.) contains the Polyparia, or solid 
habitations of the Polypi vaginati, the third 
order, of the second class, of Lamarck’s Ilis- 
toire naturelle des Animaux sans vertexes, after 
whose system, the contents of most of the tables 
in this room are arranged. Amongst the speci¬ 
mens in this compartment, are the genera, Ace¬ 
tabulum, Flustra, Escara, Retepora, Millepora, 
Caryophylla, Fungia, Pavonia, Agarica, Mean- 
drina, Explanaria, Astrsea, Porites, Pocillopora, 
Madrepora, Seriatopora, Corallium, Melitsea, 
Isis, Antipates, Gorgonia and Corallina. 
(Table 2.) Annulata sedentaria, or the 
shells of annulated worms ; the third order of 
the ninth Class \ amongst which are Siliquaria, 
several Dentalia, Magilus, Galeolaria (both very 
rare), Vermicularia, Serpulse, he. 
(Table 3 and 4.) Cirripeda—Class 1 0. 
Order 1. Several species of the Balanus or 
barnacle, as the Otion or ear-barnacle, Cineras, 
Pentelasmis, Pollicipes ;—Coronula and Tubici- 
nella, which are found imbedded in the skin of 
various species of whale ; Chelonobia, or turtle- 
barnacle, found inhabiting the shells of turtles; 
Conia, or four-valved-barnacle ; many species of 
Balanus or the true acorn-shell, with several 
newly discovered genera, that are parasitical, as 
Adna, Acasta, Creusia, Megatrema, Pyrgoma, 
&c. (The shells in this Table, are according to 
Dr. Leach’s 
