originally sent to Europe (dried specimens) many years ago, and referred to 

 Clathrus cancellatus, to which it seems to have little resemblance. The net is 

 composed of broad, flattened bars which form small meshes. The color is red. 

 No photograph or drawing is known (in Europe) but it must be quite different 

 in appearance from Clathrus cancellatus. We reproduce a photograph of an 

 unopened egg. This has a tubercular surface, corresponding to the form of 

 the enclosed net, and is a character not seen at all in the European species. 

 At the British Museum there is a species from Yucatan ( !) that seems to be 

 this species. Mr. Fetch, who has rarely seen it, writes me that the bars are 

 flattened-triangular in section, the broad, flat surface exterior. 



Fig. 76. 



CLATHRUS CRISPUS. 



Fig. 75. 



CLATHRUS GUTTULATUS. 



CLATHRUS GUTTULATUS (Fig. 75). Color, bright red. Branches 

 of the net narrow, thin, smooth. They appear to be tubes. Color, bright red. 

 Nothing is known of this species excepting the original figure in the collection 

 of Fries. It was made by Oersted, from St. Thomas. The guttae appear to 

 me to be spots of white lead on the drawing, intended to show the porous 

 nature of the receptacle. 



CLATHRUS CRISPUS (Fig. 76). Color, salmon. Receptacle, 

 subglobose, with subequal meshes. Branches of the receptacle broad, 



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