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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Scoloplosfragilis (Verrill). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 598, 344, etc. (An- 



thostoma fragile, sp. nov.). 



Woods Hole. Verrill. Quisset Harbor, 2 to 3 

 fathoms, muddy bottom (Phalarope station 127), 

 2 specimens*; south arm of West Falmouth 

 Harbor, beach of sandy mud, between tides*; 

 Round Hill Point, between tides*; rocky shore 

 at end of Scraggy Neck* ; Lagoon Pond , at both 

 ends*; Katama Bay, at two points*. Survey. 

 Great Pond* (E. D. Congdon, col.). 



Scoloplos robustus (Verrill). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 597, 343. etc. (An- 

 thostoma robustum, sp. nov.). 



Woods Hole. Verrill. Lower half of Buzzards 

 Bay, at four stations; dredged in 6 to 7 fathoms, 

 sandy mud and muddy sand. Survey. Also 

 recorded from shores at Fort Phoenix* and 

 Scraggy Neck*, Naushon side of Robinsons 

 Hole*, on mud flats and Katama Bay, at two 

 points*. 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7640 (i small), 7643 (i 

 small), 7652 (i), 7675 (i fragment). 



Scoloplos sp., sp. 



A specimen, attributed to this genus by Dr. 

 Moore, was taken in Vineyard Sound at Fish 

 Hawk station 7686. Verrill and Smith (1873, 

 p. 600 and 508) record an undetermined 

 "Anthostoma" from the deeper waters off Gay 

 Head and Buzzards Bay. 



Family TOMOPTERID^E. 



Tomopterus helgolandica Greef. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 626, 453 (Tomopterus 

 sp. undet.); Moore, 19033, p. 798. 



Vineyard Sound, immature specimens taken in 

 evening. Verrill. Taken twice at Crab Ledge 

 (Aug. 19 and 22, 1902), by means of tow net 

 lowered nearly to the bottom, in 19 fathoms of 

 water. Moore. Collected by V. N. Edwards 

 in surface tow in Woods Hole Harbor, April, 

 May, and December; sometimes in consider- 

 able numbers. 



Family SPIONID^. 



Spio setosa Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 602, 344, etc. (sp. nov.). 



Woods Hole and Naushon Island. Verrill. 

 Common under stones on shores of sand and 

 mud ; the young have been taken at surface in 

 the evening. 



Spio robusta Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 603, 345, etc. (sp. 

 nov.). 



Woods Hole and Naushon, in sand at low-water 

 mark. Verrill. Great Pond * (E. D. Cong- 

 don, col.). 



Spio sp. undetermined. 



Near Weepecket Island, in 7 fathoms, clear sand 

 (Phalarope station 109*), i specimen, in frag- 

 ments. 



Scolecolepis cirrata Malmgren. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 602, 416, etc. 

 In deeper parts of Vineyard Sound, near its 

 mouth on bottoms of sand and gravel. Verrill. 



Scolecolepis mridis Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 600, 345, etc. (sp. 

 nov.); Mead, 1897, p. 270; Bumpus, i8g8a. 



Woods Hole. Verrill. Tarpaulin Cove, both on 

 shore and in 3 to 4 fathoms (Phalarope stations 

 17* and 19*); Naushon shore of Robinsons 

 Hole *, in shoal water; Katama Bay *. Survey. 

 Great Pond* (E. D. Congdon, col.). 



" The breeding season of this worm is nearly over 

 by the ist of May. The eggs are deposited 

 inside of the sand tubes in which the females 

 live." Mead. 



fPrionospio tenuis Verrill. 



Verrill, i882d, p. 370; 1884, p. 665. 



Woods Hole (?) in harbor mud, also at surface; a 

 larva, probably of the same species, was taken 

 once in September. Verrill. Fewkes (1883, 

 p. 167) erroneously applies this name to a larva 

 taken at Newport (see Magelona rosea). 



Prionospio heterobranchia Moore. 



Moore, 1907, p. 195 (sp. nov.). 



Only known specimen "was dredged from the 

 soft ooze at the bottom of the deepest part of 

 the Eel Pond at Woods Hole on August 4, 

 1902." 



Polydora tubifex Verrill. 



Verrill, 1885, p. 438 (sp. nov.). 



Woods Hole, i to 5 fathoms, sandy mud; larvae 

 at surface in August and September. Verrill. 

 Rather common at North Falmouth, and occa- 

 sional on muddy flats elsewhere. Moore. 



Polydora concharum Verrill. 



Verrill, 1879, p. 174 (sp. nov.; not recorded 



locally). 

 Vineyard Sound, in 12 fathoms, at Fish Hawk 



stations 7523 bis (i)* and 7732 (several).* 



Survey. Crab Ledge and off Sankaty Head, 



in shells. Moore. 



