26/28 In this he is corrected by the editor (possibly Lamarck himself), who remarks in a footnote that the forms to which M.Cuvier refers under the name of Armadillo are veritable species of Julus. We have verified these criticisms of Cuvier by reference to his papers in the "Journal." It is of interest to note, as Blainville does, that Cuvier at this period admits that there is a passage from the Isopoda to the armadilloes and Julus. Cuvier, then twenty-three years old, wrote: "_Nous sommes donc descendus par degres, des Ecrevisses aux Squilles, de celles-ci aux Aselles, puis aux Cloportes, aux Armadilles et aux Iules_" (_Journal d'Hist. |