. Quarterly journal of microscopical science. ointed beak. When I came uponthis passage it occurred to me that possibly the crab waslarge enough to form a suitable exhibit for the publicgallery of the Natural History Museum, and that if so thethree stages indicated in Lord Aveburys brief notice wouldconstitute a very inteiesting and striking demonstration forthe general public of the modification of the organ of sightof Crustacea in relation to the presence or absence of light intheir environment. 440 E. i;ay lankester. I tlierefore made in(|nirieSj and found that the specimensdredged by the P
. Quarterly journal of microscopical science. ointed beak. When I came uponthis passage it occurred to me that possibly the crab waslarge enough to form a suitable exhibit for the publicgallery of the Natural History Museum, and that if so thethree stages indicated in Lord Aveburys brief notice wouldconstitute a very inteiesting and striking demonstration forthe general public of the modification of the organ of sightof Crustacea in relation to the presence or absence of light intheir environment. 440 E. i;ay lankester. I tlierefore made in(|nirieSj and found that the specimensdredged by the Porcupine in 1869-70_, referred to by LordAvebury^ were still in the possession of my old and valuedfriend the Eev. Canon Norman^ ; who had in 1873published a description of them. It is a very short one^without figures^ and remains the only account we have ofthese remarkable specimens. Canon Norman at once placedthe specimens in my hands (in November, 1902). I foundthem to be too small for public exhibition. Canon Norman Fig. 1. Fig.
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