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abundance of [[underlined]]Porites[[/underlined]] and the submerged débris of hurricane [[strikethrough]]effects[[/strikethrough]] action.

C.  [[underlined]] By collectors in the interest of the U.S. National Museum and U.S. Fish Commission[[/underlined]].

Dr. W. H. Jones, U.S.N, attached to the U.S. Steamer Wachusett, has continued his valuable contributions to the museum.  Accession 15474 is a large invoice of Peruvian fishes forwarded from [[strikethrough]]Callas[[/strikethrough]] Galapagos and Chatham Islands.

Prof. D.S. Jordan, President of Indiana University, forwarded the types of the following species of Florida fishes:  [[underlined]] Narcine umbrosa, Anthias vivanus, Prionotus stearnsii, Prionotus ophryas[[/underlined]] (Accession 15585); also a specimen of [[underlined]] Acanthrocybrium solandri[[/underlined]] taken at Key West.

Dr. Augustus C. Kinney, U.S.A., sent a fine collection of Oregon fishes (Accession 15926), which contains, among other species, [[underlined]] Clupea sapidissima, Trichodon stelleri, Brama raii & Icosteus aênigmaticus[[/underlined]].