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3212. Sea-urcliin {Strongylocentrotus drcchachiensis). New England coast. 



U. S. Fisli Commission. 

 314G. Ditto. (Toxopneustes sp.) Soutlicm United States. Dr. William 



Stimpsou. 

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



B. Injiirions: 



1. Destroying oysters, clams, &c. : 



3214. Starfish (Astcrias vulgaris, Stm.). Portland, Me. U. S. Fisli Com- 

 mission. 



3149. Ditto. (Asf. arcnicola, Stm.) Massachusetts 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 their urticating powers annoying batliers and " foul- 



ing" nets and fishing lines with slime — various 

 Acaleplis. 



PEOTOZOA. 



Protozoaws.— Sponges, 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 harhara, D. & M.). Florida Keys and Bahamas. 

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



3205. Ditto. {Spongia graminca,T{:YsAt). (Prepared by cleansing for use.) 



Key West. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

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



Nat. Hist. 



^::py > Ditto. (<S'.dMra,var.^ensa, Hyatt.) Florida Keys. Isaacs »& Co. 



3154-66. Ditto. {S. dura,\aT. gravida, Hyatt.) Florida Keys. Isaacs & 



Co. 

 3172. Ditto. Dried in natural state. {Aphjsina, aurca, Hyatt. ) Bahamas. 



Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

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



Keys. Isaacs «& Co. 

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



West. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 

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

 3178-9. Ditto. (S. tuhulif era, J^am..). Florida and Bahamas. Isaacs & Co. 

 3180-85. Ditto. {S. tuhulifcra, var. ro<tunda, Hyatt.) Florida Keys and 



Bahamas. Isaacs & Co. 

 3183. Ditto. (Dried in natural condition.) Florida Keys. Boston Soc. 



Nat. Hist. 



