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been referred to in previous reports. All of the specimens have now been identified, placed in suitable bottles, and systematically arranged in the cases. A list of the same has also been furnished for publication; it records 47 species and varieties, and 204 lots of specimens, mostly from North America.  The collection of Echini, which is of much greater extent, is in equally good condition, except as to the few doubtful species which it is proposed to take to Cambridge for identification. It is partly dried and partly preserved in alcohol. The dried specimens are contained in covered, paste-board boxes, as an additional precaution against the attack of Museum pests, and have been mostly arranged in the drawers under the exhibition cases, on the east side of the marine invertebrate hall. In addition to the labels placed inside the boxes, a brief inscription is written on the covers, to facilitate reference to the specimens of the several species from each locality. Many of the dried specimens have also been mounted for exhibition. The alcoholic specimens are arranged in cases in the west basement hall, where they are easy of access. The systematic card catalogue of this collection is now complete, and a list of all the specimens will soon be ready for publication.

The collection of dried specimens of Gorgonian corals has been entirely arranged in unit trays, excepting the specimens on exhibition, and a large number of the species have been identified. This collection has been greatly increased in size and value during the past two years, by accessions from Dr. Edward Palmer, Mr. Henry Hemphill, Prof. R.E.C. Stearne, and the Fish Commission. The sponges collected in Florida, by Dr. Edward Palmer, in 1884, have all been catalogued, and add many entries to our 

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