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Case 25 contains on the lower shelf three va- 
rieties of the common viper^ commonly denomi- ^at. Hist. 
nated the gray^ red, and black vipers ,—Second 
shelf: Varieties of growth of the common snake, 
with its eggs.—Third shelf: Varietiesoftheslow- 
worm, amongst which is what has been called 
the Aberdeen snake.—Fourth shelf contains 
varieties of the British lizard.—Sixth shelf, the 
species of eft or triton.—Seventh shelf, the toad 
and the frog. 
' Case 26. Fishes in spirits. 
Case 27. Mollusca in spirits. 
Case 28. Vermes and Zoophytes. 
The Table in the middle of this room contains 
a selection illustrative of the orders and genera 
of the class Insecta, or Insects. 
Case 1 begins with the Coleoptera, or 
beetles. 
(A) contains the families Cicindelid^, Cara- 
bidae (ground beetle), and Dyticidae, the water 
beetle. 
(B) the familiesBuprestid^, Elateridae (spring 
beetles), Telephoridae, Silphiadae (the burying 
beetle), Lucanidae (the stag beetle), &c. 
(C) The Geotrupidm, Copridae, and Scara- 
baeidae. In this last family will be seen the cele¬ 
brated sacred beetle of the Egyptians (Scarabaeus 
sacer of Linne) ; Orchytes rhinoceros, or rhi¬ 
noceros-beetle, Dynastes Hercules, Hercules bee¬ 
tle, several interesting species of the Cetonidae, 
and 
