622 



BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Diopatra cuprea Continued. 



7598 (t tube), 7599, 7605, 7612 (2 tubes), 

 7621 (i tube), 7626 (several ends of tubes), 

 7630 (i tube), 7632 (i), 7633 (few tubes), 

 7634 (few tubes), 7636 (few tubes), 7637 (few 

 tubes), 7638 (i tube), 7639 (several tubes), 7643 

 (i tube), 7644 (few tubes), 7645 (fragment of 

 i tube), 7652 (few tubes), 7653 (few tubes), 

 7654 (few tubes), 7655 (few tubes), 7656 (few 

 tubes), 7659 (i tube), 7660 (few), 7661 (few 

 tubes), 7662 (several tubes), 7663 (2 tubes), 

 7664 (many), 7665 (several), 7666 (many tubes), 

 7667 (many tubes), 7668 (few), 7671 (few 

 tubes), 7672 (few tubes), 7673 (i tube), 7674 

 (few), 7675 (few), 7678 (several tubes), 7679 

 (several tubes), 7680 (many tubes), 7682 

 (i tube), 7698 (several ends of tubes), 7699 

 (few tubes), 7700 (r tube), 7701 (i tube), 7702 

 (few tubes), 7703 (i tube), 7706 (few tubes), 

 7707 (few tubes), 7719 (i tube), 7720 (several 

 tubes), 7722 (2 tubes), 7724 (i tube), 7725 

 (several tubes), 7730 (i tube), 7735 (i tube), 

 7736 (i tube), 7751 (several tubes), 7755 

 (several tubes), 7757 (2 tubes), 7760 (few), 

 7761 (common), 7766 (several tubes), 7769 (i 

 tube), 7772 (i tube), 7774 (i tube), 7777 

 (several), 7778 (several tubes), 7780 (several 

 tubes), 7781 (several tubes), 7782 (several 

 tubes). 



Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: i (many 

 tubes), 2 (many tops of tubes), 3 (tubes), 4 

 (few tubes), 5 (i tube), 7 (many tubes), 8 

 (several tubes), 9 (common), n (several 

 tubes), 12 (several), 13 (tubes), 15 (many 

 tubes), 17 (tube), 19 (tubes), 21 (i tube), 

 24 (i tube), 25 (i tube), 26, 33 (i tube), 35 

 (i tube), 49 (i tube), 52 (many tubes), 

 55 (i tube), 59 (i), 60 (several tubes), 62 

 (many), 65 (i tube), 69 (i), 71 (i tube), 

 72 (r tube), 73 (i tube), 74 (few tubes), 75 

 (few tubes), 76 (many tubes), 77 (many 

 tubes), 78 (tube), 81 (several), 82 (several 

 tubes), 83 (few tubes), 85, 86, 91, 93 (i tube), 

 94 (tube), 95 (fragments of tube), 96 (i tube), 

 99 (i tube), 100 (i), 101 (fragments of tubes), 

 102 (i tube), 105 (i tube), 107, 108, 109, in 

 (i tube), 113 (tubes), 114 (3), 115 (i tube), 

 116, 117 (several tubes), 118 (many tubes), 120 

 (i tube), 122 (i tube), 125 (tubes), 126, 128 

 (tubes), 129, 130 (i tube), 132 (tubes), 134 

 (i tube), 139, 140 (i tube), 144 (i tube), 145 

 (tubes), 146 (2 tubes), 147 (i tube), 148 (i 

 tube), 149 (few tubes), 150 (tubes), 152, 154 

 (many tubes), 155 (few), 156 (few), 159 (frag- 

 ment of tube), 162 (several tubes), 165 (i 

 tube), 166 (i tube), 167 (few tubes). 



Diopatra cuprea Continued. 



Egg laying observed by A. L- Tread well in an 

 aquarium at the Marine Biological Labora- 

 tory on evening of July 2, 1904; this is said to 

 be rarely observed. For an account of tube 

 forming and other habits, see Verrill and 

 Smith, 1873, p. 346-347- 

 Nothria conchy legia (Sars). 



Crab Ledge, 20 to 25 fathoms, on bottoms of 

 gravel, sand, and shells (Fish Hawk stations 

 7608, 7609)*, several specimens. 



This worm forms a flat, scabbard-shaped tube, 

 constructed of bits of stone or shells, which it 

 drags about with it. 



Family LUMBRINERID^. 



Arabella opalina (Verrill). [Chart 63.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 594, 320, etc. (Lum- 

 briconereis opalina, sp. nov.). 



Vineyard Sound. Verrill. In Survey dredg- 

 ings recorded particularly from the eastern 

 half of Vineyard Sound, and the lower half of 

 Buzzards Bay, in 2 to 17 fathoms, on bottoms 

 of sand, mud, and gravel. Taken during shore 

 collecting at West Falmouth, Scraggy Neck, 

 and Vineyard Haven. 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7521 bis (many small), 

 753 2 bi s (3). 7533 bis (2), 7538 bis (several), 

 7631 (fragment), 7634 (i), 7643 (3, i large), 

 7644 (i large), 7645 (i fragment), 7647 (sev- 

 eral), 7649 (2), 7651 (2), 7652 (fragments of one), 

 7655 (3). 7656 (i), 7657 (i fragment), 7658 (2), 

 7661 (i), 7669 (i), 7674 (2), 7678 (i small), 7686 

 (i), 7697 (i fragment), 7732 (several), 7737 (i), 

 7738 (3), 7739 (few), 7744 (i), 7749 (few small), 

 7750 (very common), 7751 (common), 7752 

 (common), 7755 (very common), 7759 (com- 

 mon), 7761 (several), 7764 (common), 7767 

 (very common), 7768 (abundant), 7780, 7782. 



Phalarope stations*: n (i), 62 (i), 73 (i), 124 

 (i small). 



Reproductive season probably late in August; 

 no ripe eggs have been noted earlier than 

 August 10. A. L. Treadwell. 



Arabella spinifera Moore. 



Moore, 1906, p. 501 (sp. nov.). 



" Found among a lot of Ninoe nigripes Verrill 

 dredged on the muddy bottom of the middle 

 of Buzzards Bay, Mass., the exact spot being 

 unknown." 



Drilonereis longa Webster. 



Webster, 1878, p. 40 (not recorded locally). 



North Falmouth, Kettle Cove, and similar 

 places, rather common, on shores at low-'water 

 mark. Moore. Two records in Buzzards 

 Bay, at Fish Hawk stations 7642* and 7674*. 



