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3212. Sea-iu-cliiu (Strongyloccntrotua drahacliieu.sis). New England coast. 



U- S. Fish Commission. 

 314(). Ditto. (I'oxojincttstes sp.) Soutlicrn United States. Dr. William 



Stimpson. 

 3145. Ditto. (T. franciscorum, Ag.) Alaska to California. F. BiscliolT. 



B. Iiijuriotis: 



1. Destroying oysters, clams, «S:c. : 



3214. Starfisli (Astcrias vnhjaris, Stm.). I'orlland, Mo. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



3149. Ditto. {Ast. arcnicoja, Stm.) Massacbusetts Bay. Dr. William 



Stimpson. 



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



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



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



Brothers. 



2. By their urticating powers annoying bathers and "fowl- 



ing" nets and fishing lines with slime — various 

 Acaleplis. 



PROTOZOA. . 



Protozoans.— Sponges, etc. 



Useful: 



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

 porary menstruum, and as a detergent: 



3210. Sponge (on bougie). Boston, Mass. J. A. LeA^ey. 

 3206-9. Sponge {Spongia barbura, D. & M.). Florida Keys and Bahamas. 

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



3205. Ditto. (Sjwngia graminca, Kjntt). (Prepared by cleansing for use.) 



Key West. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

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



Nat. Hist. 



3152-3 ? 



ojoy ■> Ditto. {S. dura, \aT.densa, Hyatt.) Florida Keys. Isaacs & Co. 



3154-66. Ditto. {S.dnra,\aT. gravida, Hyatt.) Florida Keys. Isaacs «fc 



Co. 

 3172. Ditto. Dried in natural state. {Apli/siixi aurai. Hyatt.) Bahamas, 



Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 3168-71. Ditto. (Cleansed.) (S. dura, var. punctata, Hyatt.) Florida 



Keys. Isaacs & Co. 

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



West. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

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

 3178-9. Ditto. {S. I uhulifcra, Lam.). Florida and Bahamas. Isaacs &Co. 

 3180-85. Ditto. (.S'. tuhulifcra, var. roiunda, Hyatt.) Florida Keys and 



Bahamas. Isaacs & Co. 

 3186. Ditto. (Dried in nutuiai condition.) Florida Keys. Boston Soc, 



Nat. Hist. 



