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3212. Sea-uxcbiu {Siroxgylocentrotus dmhacMensis). New England coast. 



U- S. Fisli Commission. 

 3146. Ditto. (Toxopneustcs ep.) Soutlicru United States. Dr. William 



Stimpson. . t^ -n- a «■ 



3145. Ditto. (T./mnmcomm, Ag.) Alaska to California. 1. Biscliott. 



B. Injurious: 



1. Destroying oysters, clams, &c. : 

 3214. Starfisli (Astcrias vulgaris, Stm.). Portland, Me. U. S. Fish Com- 



mission. -nT-n- 



3149. Ditto. {Ast. arenicola, Stm.) Massacliusetts Bay. Dr. William 



Stimpson. 

 3213 Ditto. Long Island Sound. U. S. Fish Commission. 



3150. Ditto. South Norwalk, Conn. Hoyt Brothers. 



3151. Ditto. In act of destroying oysters. South Norwalk, Conn. Hoyt 



Brothers. 



2 By tlieir urticating powers annoying bathers and " foul- 

 ing" nets and flsliing lines with slime— various 

 AcalepJis. 



PEOTOZOA. 



Protozoans.— Sponqes, etc. 



Useful: 



1. For conveyance of fluids requiring an elastic and tem- 

 porary menstruum, and as a detergent: 



3210. Sponge (on bougie). Boston, Mass. J. A. Levey. 



3206-9. Sponge (Spongia harUra, D. & M.). Florida Keys and Bahamas. 



Isaacs & Co., sponge-dealers. New York. 

 3205. Ditto. (Spongiagraminea, -Ejatt). (Prepared by cleansing for use.) 



Key West. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 3203-4. Ditto. (Dried iu natural condition.) Key West. Boston Soc. 



Nat. Hist. 

 3152-3. ? j3itto, (^s. dura, var. densa, Hyatt.) Florida Keys. Isaacs & Co. 

 lisLe. Ditto. (S. dura, xc^v. gravida, Hj^tt.) Florida Keys. Isaacs & 



Co 

 3172. Ditto. Dried in natural state. (Aplysina aurca, -Hyatt.) Bahamas. 



Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 3168-71. Ditto. (Cleansed.) (S. dura, var. puuctata, Hyatt.) iioritia 



Keys. Isaacs & Co. 

 3177. Ditto. (Dried in natural state.) {S. cerehrifornm, Hyatt.) Key 



West. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 3173-76 Ditto. (Cleansed.) Key West and Bahamas. Isaacs & Co. 

 3178-9 Ditto. (S. hihuUfera, -Lam.). Florida and Bahamas. Isaacs &Lo. 

 3180-85. Ditto. {S. tuhuUfera, var. roiunda, Hyatt.) Florida Keys and 



Bahamas. Isaacs & Co. t> ^ a 



3186. Ditto. (Dried in natural condition.) Florida Keys. Boston boc. 



Nat. Hist. 



