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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Autolytus -variant Continued. 



Vineyard Sound, abundant. Verrill. Budding 

 individuals may be found at any time of year, 

 among hydroids on piles (particularly on 

 Tubularia crocea), or dredged in and about 

 Vineyard Sound. Mensch. "It is not un- 

 common to find it carrying five or six sexual 

 individuals in various stages, one behind 

 another." Verrill. The sexual worms are 

 taken at the surface in the evening. 



Autolytus ornatus Verrill. 



Verrill, 1879, p. 170 (sp. nov.); i88ad, p. 367; 

 1884, p. 662. 



Vineyard Sound, at surface, July 13 and August 

 28, 1875. Verrill. Eastern end of Vineyard 

 Sound, at Fish Hawk station 7768; 10 fathoms, 

 stony bottom ; one specimen *. Females filled 

 with eggs taken in tow during the winter* 

 (V. N. Edwards, col.). 

 Autolytus cornutus Agassiz. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 590, 397, etc.; Bum- 

 pus, 1898; 18983; Mead, 1898. 



Vineyard Sound , low water to 1 5 fathoms ; ' ' con- 

 structs cylindrical tubes which are attached 

 to seaweeds and the branches of hydroids. "- 

 Verrill. Woods Hole. Bumpus. 



Frequently taken with eggs, March, 1898. 

 Bumpus. Mead and Bumpus likewise record 

 the taking of "Autolytus" with eggs, during 

 the months of April and May (species not speci- 

 fied). Dr. Moore states that the stock forms 

 are especially abundant among hydroids on 

 piles, the sexual zooids, at the surface in the 

 evening. 



Autolytus emertoni Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 590 (Autolytus, spe- 



cies undetermined); Verrill) i882b (figure 



only). 

 Vineyard Sound, females filled with eggs taken 



in tow during winter and spring. (V. N. 



Edwards, col.) 



Family 



Podarke obscura Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith ,1873, p. 589, 319, etc.; i882d, 

 p. 370; 1884, p. 665; Treadwell, 1901, p. 399. 



Woods Hole. Verrill. Eel Pond, very abun- 

 dant. Western shore of Little Harbor. 

 Treadwell. This species, though common 

 enough along shore, among eel grass and under 

 stones, is not recorded from the survey dredg- 

 ings. The sexually matxire form may swim 

 at the surface at night, "in vast numbers," 

 according to Verrill. 



Podarke obscura Continued. 



Breeding season from July i to about August 20; 

 eggs laid in the evening between 7 and 10 

 o'clock; artificial fertilization possible, if the 

 eggs have been naturally extruded, not other- 

 wise. Treadwell. 



Family PHYLivODOCiD^. 



Phyllodoce catenula Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 587, 494 (sp. nov.). 



Woods Hole, at surface, evening, July 3. Ver- 

 rill. Tarpaulin Cove, and several records in 

 Vineyard Sound, 6 to 13 fathoms. Survey. 



Fish Hawk stations:* 7547 (i), 7724 (i). 



Phalarope station 26 (3)*. 



Phyllodoce sp. undetermined. 

 Phalarope station 81 (i)*. 



9 Anaitis formosa Verrill.a 



Verrill, 1885, p. 433 (sp. nov.). 

 Vineyard Sound, in shallow water; also taken at 

 surface, August i, 1881. 



?Anaitis picta Verrill. 



Verrill, 1885, p. 433 ( S P- nov.). 

 Vineyard Sound, 1882, in shallow water. 



Eteone setosa Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 588 (sp. nov.). 

 Vineyard Sound, 6 to 12 fathoms, among ascidi- 

 ans. 



Eteone robusta Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 746, 588 (sp. nov.). 

 Woods Hole, in abundance in September (V. N. 

 Edwards, col.). 



Eteone, sp. undetermined. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 589, record that "a 

 small and slender species was dredged off Gay 

 Head, in 19 fathoms, in soft mud." 



Eulalia annulata Verrill. [Chart 54.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 585 (sp. nov.). 



Vineyard Sound. Verrill. Vineyard Sound, at 

 both ends, occasional; Buzzards Bay, at one 

 station near Cuttyhunk; dredged in 6 to 14 

 fathoms, on bottoms of sand, gravel, and 

 stones. Survey. Also recorded from Vine- 

 yard Haven, on piles of a wharf* (R. C. Os- 

 burn, col.). 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7689 (several), 7700 (2 

 young), 7702 (i), 7706 (i), 7718 (3), 7721 (2), 

 7738 (i), 7739 (5). 7742 (i), 7744 (0, 7747 (i). 

 7749 (3). 775 (common), 7752 (several), 7757 

 (0. 7759 (several), 7768 (few). 



Phalarope station* 112 (i). 



Dr. Moore regards this and the following species as "doubtfully distinct from A. sfieciosa Webster, which occurs from New 

 Jersey to Eastport, Me." 



