THE
RAY SOCIETY.
INSTITUTED MDCCCXLIV.
LONDON.
MDCCCLIV.
A MONOGRAPH
ON THE SUB-CLASS
CIRRIPEDIA,
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THE BALANIDÆ,
(OR SESSILE CIRRIPEDES);
THE VERRUCIDÆ,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
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DEDICATION.
TO
PROFESSOR H. MILNE EDWARDS,
DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCES OF PARIS;
PROFESSOR AT THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY;
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE;
FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON,
OF THE ACADEMIES OF BERLIN, STOCKHOLM, ST. PETERSBURG, VIENNA,
KONIGSBERG, MOSCOW, BRUSSELS, HAARLEM, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, ETC.
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED,
WITH THE MOST SINCERE RESPECT,
AS THE ONLY, THOUGH VERY INADEQUATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
WHICH THE AUTHOR CAN MAKE OF HIS GREAT AND
CONTINUED OBLIGATIONS TO THE
‘HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES CRUSTACÉS,’
AND TO
THE OTHER MEMOIRS AND WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY PUBLISHED BY
THIS ILLUSTRIOUS NATURALIST.