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930. Crawfish Bar, off Key West; depth, 12 feet; eight to twelve 

 months old; three specimens. 



931. Pepper Fish Key; depth, 22 feet; nine months old. 



932. Boca Grande Lake; depth, 12 feet; eighteen months old (?) ; 

 three specimens. ("Boiling Johns.") 



933. Metacombe Channel; depth, 18 feet; six to fifteen months 

 old ; seven specimens. 



934. No Name Key Channel ; depth, 12 feet ; six to twelve months 

 old ; three specimens. 



935. Sugar Loaf Sound; depth, 5 feet; six months old; three spec- 

 imens. 



936. Channel Key Lake; depth, 6 feet; six months old; two speci- 

 mens. 



937. Biscayne Bay; depth, 10 feet; six to twelve months old; five 

 specimens. 



938. Long Key Channel ; depth, 8 feet ; twelve months old ; three 

 specimens. 



939. Key West Channel; depth, 10 feet; twelve months old ; two 

 specimens. 



940. Contents Key Channel; depth, 10 feet; eight months old; three 

 specimens. 



941. Key West Banks; depth, 8 feet; two years old (1?); three spec- 

 imens. ("Rolling Johns.") 



942. Off Suwanee River; depth, 18 feet; eight months old. 

 885 to 014, inclusive. Florida; 30 specimens. 



915. Off Sugar Loaf; depth, 12 feet. Dried in its natural state, 

 without cleaning. 



916. Florida. Preserved in alcohol, in their natural state. Two 

 specimens. 



923. South side of the Island of Cuba ; depth, 16 feet. 



771. Cultivated sponge. Key West, Florida ; depth, 2£ feet. Six 

 months' growth from cutting ; original height, 2£ inches. 



772. Cultivated sponge. Key West, Florida ; depth, 2£ feet. Six 

 months' growth from cutting ; original height 2J inches. 



773. Cultivated sponge. Key West, Florida ; depth, 2£ feet. Six 

 months' growth from cutting; original height, 2£ inches. 



774. Cultivated sponge. Key West, Florida ; depth, 2£ feet. Six 

 months' growth from cutting ; original height, 2£ inches. 



Spongia equina, Schm. ; subspecies meandriniformis. Boat Sponge. 

 Distribution — Florida, Bahamas, West Indies, Brazil. 

 814. Off Alligator Reef; depth, 12 feet. 

 831. Off Alacrans, Mexico; depth, 10 feet. 

 Spongia equina, Schm. ; subspecies eerebriformis, Duch. et Mich. Grass 

 Sponge. Distribution — Florida, Bahamas, Cuba. 

 842. Var. plana. Off Sound Point; depth, 8 feet. 

 841. Var. calcif or mis. Off Jacob's Harbor; depth, 10 feet. 



