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species, are mainly preserved in alcohol.
Henry Hemphill. -- A very extensive collection of alcoholic and dried specimens of marine invertebrates from the west coast of Florida, between Cedar Keys and Charlotte Harbor, obtained from the shore and from shallow water by dredging. This collection was made with great care during the winter and early spring and consists largely of the smaller forms of animal life such as collectors seldom look for. The groups mainly represented are the Crustaceans Annelids, Echinoderms, Alcyonian and Actin-ian Corals, and Sponges. Although coming from a region closely bordering that visited by Dr. Palmer, this collection does not in any way duplicate his, being of an entirely different character. The additions made to the Museum collections from the Antillean region, during 1884, by the steamer Albatross, Dr. Palmer, and Mr. Hemphill, form together the most complete