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321*2. Sea-urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebacltiensis). New England coast. 



U. S. Fish Commission. 

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



Stimpson. 

 3145. Ditto. (T. franctecontm, Ag.) Alaska to California. F. Bischoif. 



B. Injurious: 



1. Destroying oysters, clams, &c. : 



3214. Starfish (Aste-ias vulgaris, Stm.). Portland, Me. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



3149. Ditto. (Ast. arenicola, 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 tfeeir urticating powers annoying bathers and " foul- 



ing 77 nets and fishing lines with slime various 

 Acalephs. 



PEOTOZOA. 



Protozoans. 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 barlara, D. & M.). Florida Keys and Bahamas. 

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



3205. Ditto. (Spongia graminea, Hyatt). (Prepared by cleansing for use.) 



Key West. Boston Soc. Nat, Hist. 

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



Nat. Hist. 



3167~ 3 \ I)itto - ( s - d ura > Tar - fa***! Hyatt.) Florida Keys. Isaacs & Co. 

 3154-66. Ditto. (S. dura, var. gravida, Hyatt.) Florida Keys. Isaacs & 



Co. 

 3172. Ditto. Dried in natural state. (Aplysina aurca, 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. cerebriformis, Hyatt.) Key 



West. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 



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

 3178-9. Ditto. (S. iubulifera, Lam.). Florida and Bahamas. Isaacs & Co. 

 3180-85. Ditto. (S. tubulifera, var. rotunda, Hyatt.) Florida Keys and 



Bahamas. Isaacs & Co. 

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



Nat. Hist. 



