Crustacea.

Upper Gallery, Desk Cases 17 to 13.

The Crabs, or Short-tailed Decapoda, are in Cases and 16. The Hermit Crabs in Case 15. Of the Cocoa-nut Crab (Birgus latro) deserves notice, habit of climbing trees to detach the green cocoa-nut. The Long-tailed Decapoda, Craw-fish, Prawn, &[unclear: c] in Case 14. The smaller forms, in which the eyes are stalked, are in Case 13. The extinct order of [unclear: Triloan] are in Case 13, and alongside them is their nearest [unclear: at] the King Crab (Limulus). The Barnacles ([unclear: Cirri]) are in Case 13. These differ very much in [unclear: appeared] from the other Crustaceans, but the young can hardly distinguished from the young of a Crab.