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Index. 



Podochela gracilipes, 155. 



lamelligera, 156. 

 Porocidaris sharreri, 82. 

 Polistes americanus. 206. 



minor, 3o6. 

 Polvbia cubensis, 206. 

 Palyclonia frondosa. 134. 

 Polvcesta, 153. 

 Polvps, method of killing, expanded. 



46. 

 Pomacanthus, i30. 

 arcuatus, 120. 



ciliatus. 120. 

 Pompilus. 154. 

 Ponciana regia, loi. 

 "Porcupine,'' the, 2. 

 Porcupine fish, 217. 

 Poricthys, 121. 150. 

 Porites; 127. - 



astraeoides, 134. 



clavaria, 99, 134. 



furcata, 134. 

 Poronia, 166. 

 Potamides, 9S. 



Potatoes, rotting in hold, 138. 

 Pourtales, Count, 2, 157. 

 Pourtales Plateau. 139, 161. 



alcyonaria of, 175. 



anemones of, 177. 



corals of, 176. 



crinoids of, 164. 



Crustacea of. 155. 



fishes of, 146. 



hydroids of. 178. 



location of, 139. 



mollusks of, 162. 



pelagic hemiptera from. 154. 



sea-urchins of, 173. 



serpent-stars of. 169. 



sharks of. 144. 



simple armed basket fish of, 170. 



siphonophores of, 177. 



sponges of. 180. 



star-fish of, 165. 



vermes. 161. 

 Powelt, W. P., 7, 19. 

 Prionotus arcuatus. 120. 



evolans. 120. 



Protective coloration in Crustacea, 

 29. 

 in fishes, 28. 

 Prouty, Miss Edith, 19. 

 Provisions grow scarce, 226. 

 Pseudebaeus oblitus, 122. 

 Pseudomyrma flavidula, 206. 

 Psyllobora nana, 122, 152. 

 Pterogorgia, 46. 

 Pteroj'hysa grandis. 177. 

 Pteropods, 164. 

 Puffinus auduboni, 203. 

 Purpura hzemastoma, 41. 211. 

 Purslane, 44. 

 Pycnogonida, 161. 

 Pxroniaia cuspidata. 156. 

 Pyrophorus, 207. 

 Pyrosoma. 55. 



Quarantine officer, 107. 



Rain squall. 32, 69. 

 Rathbun, Miss Mary )., 152. 232. 

 Reef corals at Spanish Wells, 215. 

 Reefing boards, 16. 

 Reefs at Tortugas, 115. 

 description of, 201. 

 Richness of fauna, 118. 

 "Ridley's Head," 192, 218. 

 Rhipdigorgia flabellum, 45, 215. 

 Rhizocrinus. 164, 165. 

 Rhizotrochus. 84. 



fragilis, 176. 

 Rhynchophora, 153. 

 "Robert E. Patterson," the, jii. 

 Rock crabs, 45. 

 Rock purples, 163. 

 Rogers, A. M.. 19. 

 1 Romanes, 213. 

 Rope, length needed in dredging, 12. 

 Rose apples, 102. 



Sabin, Edwin, 19. 

 Sage brush, 100. 

 Sand burr. 44. 

 Sand Key light, 139. 

 San Salvador, 190. 219. 

 Sapodillas, 102. 



