Talorchestia, or beach-fleas, a genus of littoral amphipoda, 86 Tanaidæ defined, 322; classifica- Tanais, 323; Dulongii, Edwardsii, Tasmania, pitted against Van Tatos, name of the Birgus latro at Telson, 46; in Cumacea, 300 Tetradecapoda, alias Edrioph- Tetralia, Paulson on the genus, 65 Thalassinidæ defined, 181 Thalassinidea defined, 180 Thalassocaridæ defined, 239 Thalassocaris, 239 Thaumastocheles zaleucus, 189; Thelphusa, 14; chilensis, depressa, TUR Thelphusidæ, 76 Themisto (preoccupied), brevi. Thomson, Mr. G. M., describes a Thoracipoda, 7 Thoracostraca, objection to the Turanites velox, 70 Thyrostraca, alias Cirripedia, 6 Thysanoessa, borealis, gregaria, Thysanopoda, Couchii, tricuspida, Titanethes albus, 422, 425, 426 Tracheæ, 4, 423, 425, 426 Trapeziidæ defined, 64 Travailleur, th, Crustacea taken Trichobranchiata, 155, 165, 180, YOU Westwood, J. 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