RANDOM NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



Specimens Recently Received 



SOUTHWICK & JeNCKS. 



SPONGES. 



Hii-cinaCampanaHyatt.Key West.$0.75 to $1.00 



Tuba vaginalis D. and M., Florida. . .40 to .60 



Tuba plicifera Lara., Florida 40 to .60 



Suberites compacta Verr., Buz- 

 zards Bay ; 20 to .80 



Euplectellaaspergillum Owen, Phi- 

 lippine Is 1.00 to 4.00 



Chalina arbuscula Verrill, R. 1 25 to .50 



Miasciona prolifera Verrill, R. I. . . .25 to .50 

 Grantia ciliata Flemming (in 



alcohol) .15 



CORAL. 



Tubipora musica, E. 1 50 to 1.50 



Rhipidogorgia flabelluni, (red or 



yellow sea fans) 25 to 1.00 



Pterogorgia setosus Linn. Red sea 



plume 50 to 1.00 



Xipidogorgia anceps Pallas. Purple 



sea plume 30 to .50 



Xipidogorgia citrina Esplr. Yellow 



sea plume .75 



Muricea elongata Lam .60 



Manicina areolata Ehr, Bahamas.. .20 to .50 

 Dichocoeuia porcata M. Edw', 



Bahamas 75 to 1.25 



Agaricia agaricites M. Edw', 



Bahamas 1.00 to 1.25 



Mussa multilobata 30 to 1.50 



Porcillopora mcandrina 1.00 to 3.00 



Fungia elegaus Verrill, E. 1 25 to .40 



Fungia confertif olia Dana, E. 1 50 to 1.00 



ECHINODERMS, DRY SPECI- 

 MENS-URCHINS. 



Hippoua esculenta, A. Ag., Baha- 

 mas, without spines $0.25 to $0.50 



Diadema setosum, Gray, Bahamas, 



without spines 30 to .50 



Strongylocentrotus drobachicusis, 



A. Ag., Mass., with spines 10 to .25 



Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, 



Cal., spines 1.00 



Echiuarachnius parma, Gray, Mass., 



with or without spines .16 



Moira atropos, A. Ag., Fla., no 



spines 10 to .15 



Echinanthus rosaceus, Gray, Baha- 

 mas, with spines, $1.25, without .50 to 1.00 



Metalia pectoralis, A. Ag.,no spines 3.00 



Meoma ventricosa, Lth., Bahamas, 



with spines 3.00 to 4.00 



STAR FISH. 



Asterias Forbesii, Verrill, R. 1 10 to .40 



Solaster endeca (10 rays), Grand 



Menan .50 



j Oreastergigas, Lath., Nassau, very 



large (15 in. diam.), no spines. 1.50 to 2.00 



SHELLS. 



Of the very rare Voluta Junonia we have 

 lately received a few specimens, $10 to $15. 

 They have usually been quoted at from $30 to 

 $40. 



MINERALS. 



Water Geodes fromTampa,Fla., and 

 from Uruguay. The enclosed 



fluid can be distinctly seen 8.00 to 15.00 



Beautiful clusters of Quartz Crys- 

 tals, from Hot Springs, Ark., 



postage extra 25 to 2.00 



Polished Crocidolite, fine specimens .75 to 3.00 

 Osteolite, from Marseilles, France.. .25 to 1.00 



Margarite, Chester, Mass 10 to 1.25 



Black Tourmaline, Pierpont, N. Y.. ,25 to 4.00 



Tremolite, Gouveneur, N. Y 75 to 2.00 



Pyromorphite, Eug 1.00 to 2.00 



Also a lot of small specimens crystalized tin, 

 (cassitcrite), Cornwall, Eng., twenty-five cents, 

 post-paid. 



