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Excerpt from Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 3 1. A. atra. Body subcylindric, elongated, arquated, sessile; the superior part more slender, terminated by two unequal tubes, slightly separate and parallel; these tubes have each a terminal opening, which in the shorter tube is closed by five, and in the longer one by six, triangular valves; the substance of the exterior sac is very firm, almost smooth, opaque, and very deep violaceous or blackish. It occurs attached to rocks, amongst Opuntiae, many species of Sertulariae and broken shells. Its position is inclined, being adherent by the side of the base, which is a little more inflated than the other parts of the body. We observed this species at the isles of St. Vincent and Guadaloupe, where, however, it is rather rare. Whilst dredging in the bay of Calicoua, we drew this species from the bottom of the water, with many other objects, amongst which was a beautiful Holothuria, marbled with brown, red, white and blackish, which had the property of dissolving so rapidly as to be observed with difficulty. Pl. 1, fig. 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."