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the lowermost shelf is deposited the supposed leg room viii. 
of the Dodo, &C. Nat. Hist. 
Tables 1 and 2, contain the Polyparia, or solid 
habitations of the Polypi vaginati, the third 
order, of the second class, of Lamarck’s His - 
toire naturelle des Animanx sans vertebres , 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, 
Caryophylia, Fungia, Pavonia, Agarica, Mean- 
drina, Ex plan aria, Astrsea, Porites, Pocillopora, 
Mad rep ora, Seriatopora, Corallium, Melitaea, 
Isis, Antipates, Gorgonia, and Corallina. 
Table 3 and 4. Cirripeda—Class 10. Or¬ 
der 1. Several species of the balanus or bar¬ 
nacle, 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 arrangement. Encyc. Brit. Supple. 
Art. Cirripedes). 
Tabled. Conchifera bimusculosa—Class 11. 
Order 1. This compartment contains the fa¬ 
milies 
