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ROOM X. 
Nat. Hist. 
TABLE 
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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 
gal ley-worms: also a very numerous collection 
of chrysalides or aureliae ; various nests of wasps, 
&c. 
In the Divisions 5 to 8 are the crustaceous 
animals ; the West-Indian land crab ; lobsters ; 
various spider-crabs ; soldier crabs ; the Mono- 
cuius Polyphemus, usually called the king or 
horse shoe crab. 
A larger series of the insect tribe , among which 
are the more select specimens , is, in order to • 
prevent their receiving further injury by constant 
exposure to light , deposited in a large cabinet 
inserted in Case 24, and in four smaller ones 
under the Tables 1 and 3. 
This table contains a great variety of asterise or 
star-fish; Medusa’s heads; echini or sea urchins ; 
and 
