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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Class NEMERTINEA." 



Family 

 Carinella pellucida Coe. 



Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole, 

 Juniper Point, Nobska Point; under stones 

 and among algae low water to 8 fathoms. Coe. 

 Ripe sexual products at Woods Hole in July. 



Family CARINOMID/E. 

 Carinoma tremaphoros Thompson. 



Breakwater (Buzzards Bay side), Great Pond, 

 Falmouth; low water to i fathom, in sandy 

 localities. Coe. 

 Sexually mature in September. 



Family CEPHALOTRICHID^. 



Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke). 



Verrill, 1892^.442; Coe, 1899. 



Newport, Woods Hole. Verrill. Woods Hole, 

 Juniper Point, Penzance (Buzzards Bay side), 

 Naushon Id.; not abundant; found under 

 stones and hard clay, and in gravel and mud. 

 Coe. Verrill states that it "often occurs gre- 

 gariously, many individuals being intricately 

 coiled up in a mass." 



Sexual products mature at Woods Hole in 

 August; eggs can be artificially fertilized. 

 Coe. 



Family T^ENIOSOMID^. 



Parapolia aurantiaca Coe. 



Coe, 1895, p. 518 (sp. nov.); 1899. 



Shore of Devils Foot Island, in Woods Hole 

 Harbor; two specimens found in sand at low- water * 

 mark, August, 1894. The sexual products were 

 then mature. 



Zygeupolia rubens (Coe). 



Coe, 1895, p. 521 (Valencinia rubens, sp. nov.); 



1899 (Valencinia rubens). 



Near "Gut of Canso," in Woods Hole Harbor, 

 Bay shore of Penzance, Quisset Harbor; fairly 

 common near low- water mark, several inches in 

 the sand, occasionally under stones. Coe. 

 Family LINEID^. 



Lineus mridis (Fabricius). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 628 (Ncmertes viridis); 

 Verrill, 1879, p. 185; 1892, p. 418; Coe, 1899. 



Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound (very com- 

 mon), Woods Hole, Newport; under stones be- 

 tween tides, and in shallow water on rocky 

 bottoms. Verrill. Eel Pond, Great Harbor, 

 Juniper Point, Little Harbor, Bay side of Pen- 

 zance, Hadley Harbor; common under stones i 

 at low water. Coe. 



Sexually mature in June ; eggs laid under stones at 

 low water; maybe artificially fertilized. Coe. 



Lineus viridis sanguineus (Rathke). 



Associated with Lineus viridis, not uncommon. 

 Coe. 



Lineus socialis (Leidy). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 628, 324, 392 (Ne- 

 mertes socialis); Verrill, 1879, p. 185 (Lineus 

 communis); Verrill, 1892, p. 424; Coe, 1899. 



Vineyard Sound; "in great abundance under 

 stones from mid-tide to near high- water mark"; 

 very gregarious. Verrill. Hel Pond, Little 

 Harbor, Great Harbor, Hadley Harbor; in eel- 

 grass and under stones; not common. Coe. 



Eggs mature in midwinter at New Haven. Coe. 



Lineus bicolor Verrill. 



Verrill, 1892, p. 426 (sp. nov.); Coe, 1899. 



Vineyard Sound, common; "usually taken on 

 shelly or stony bottoms, among algae, ascidians, 

 and hydroids."- Verrill. Nobska, Tarpaulin 

 Cove, and westward; 3 to 5 fathoms. Coe. 

 Buzzards Bay, near Cuttyhunk, at Phalarope 

 station 103; 5 fathoms, mud.* 



Local specimens taken in July, 1898, contained 

 mature sexual products. Coe. 



Micrura leidyi (Verrill). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 630, 324 (Meckelia 

 rosea); Verrill, 1892, p. 436 (Cerebratulus leidyi); 

 Coe, 1899 (Cerebratulus leidyi). 



Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole, Newport, very 

 common, burrowing in sand near low- water 

 mark, occasionally under stones. Verrill. Un- 

 catena Gutter, bay shore of Penzance. J. P. 

 McMurrich, in Marine Biological Laboratory 

 card catalogue. Great Harbor, Bay side of 

 Penzance, Naushon, Ouisset, Falmouth. 

 Coe. 



Fish Hawk stations 7521 * (Vineyard Sound) and 

 7647 * (Buzzards Bay); 6 to 10 fathoms, sand 

 and mud. Survey. 



Breeds commonly at Woods Hole in July and 

 early August, sometimes earlier than July; 

 eggs may be artificially fertilized. Coe. 



Micrura c<zca Verrill. 



Verrill, 1892, p. 531 (sp. nov.; not listed for 

 this region); Coe, 1899. 



Vineyard Sound, Bay shore of Penzance, Great 

 Harbor, Naushon, Quisset Harbor; in sand be- 

 tween tides. Coe. 



Sexual products mature at Woods Hole in Au- 

 gust; eggs can be artificially fertilized, and 

 reared to the pilidium stage. Coe. 



a Specimens from points designated by an asterisk (*) were identified by Prof. W. R. Coe. 



