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REPORT ON THE RADIATES. 



By J. Walter Fewkks. 



Since the last Annual Report, the collection of alcoholic Radi- 

 ates has been brought together in a room in the cellar, which is 

 now taken up b} r them and the alcoholic collection of Sponges. 



Representative genera of Corals and Sponges have been picked 

 out from the general collection of dried material for future exhi- 

 bition in the Faunal Rooms. These now await mounting, after 

 which they can easily be put on exhibition in places already 

 prepared for them. 



A collection of Coral Sands and Rocks illustrating the forma- 

 tion of the West Indian and Floridan coral islands has been sent 

 to the Brussels Museum. 



Several trays filled with specimens of dried Ophiurans and 

 additional dried Sea Urchins, many from the deep seas, have 

 been placed with the other dried Echinoderms. 



A collection of Echinoderm parasites, Myzostomidse, collected 

 by the Blake and Hassler Expeditions, and described by Dr. 

 L. V. Graff in Vol. XI. No. 7, of the Bulletin of the Museum, 

 have been returned. 



One or two identified specimens of new Echinoderms, collected 

 by the United States Fish Commission, have been added to the 

 general collection. 



