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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Polycirrus eximcus (Leidy). [Chart 72.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 616, 320, etc. 

 Vineyard Sound. Verrill. Eastern half of 



Vineyard Sound, at a number of stations; 



dredged in 5 to 1 7 fathoms on various bottoms ; 



also recorded for Vineyard Haven* on piles 



and in bottom of harbor, and for Katama Bay.* 

 Fish Hawk stations*: 7558, 7732 (several), 7757 



(i). 7759 ( x ). 776i (i), 777 (*) 

 Phalarope stations*: 2 (frequent in hydroid 



colonies), 3, 5 (2), 6 (2). 

 Verrill records taking the young of this species in 



tow, August and September, evenings. 



Polycirrus phosphoreus Verrill. 



Verrill, 1879, p. 181 (sp. nov.). 



Stonington, Conn., to Bay of Fundy. Verrill. 

 Occasional in Buzzards Bay; Crab Ledge, 17 

 fathoms, in crevices of shells. Moore. 



Polycirrus, sp. undetermined. 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7579 (i), 7637 (several), 

 7638 (several), 7639 (several). 



Anoplobranchus sanguineus (Verrill). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 616, 320 (Ch&to- 



branchus sanguineous, sp. nov.). 

 Vineyard Sound, at low-water mark, in soft mud 

 filled with decaying vegetable matter; in- 

 cluded in list for brackish waters. Verrill. 

 Buzzards Bay at "breakwater," found at low 

 water. Moore. 



Family AMPHARETID^. 



Ampharete setosa Verrill. [Chart 73.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 612, 508 (Ampharete 



gracilis). 

 Off Gay Head. Verrill. Scattered stations 



throughout entire length of Buzzards Bay; 



less frequent records for Vineyard Sound; 



dredged in 2 to 17 fathoms, sand and mud. 



Survey. 

 Fish Hawk stations*: 7533 bis (i), 7558 (i), 7612 



(i), 7613 (i), 7625 (i), 7630 (i), 7631 (i), 7637 



(i), 7650 (i), 7653 (i), 7659 (i), 7667 (3), 7686, 



Phalarope stations*: 8 (i), 78 (i small), 84 (3), 

 109 (i), 152, 162 (i). 



Sabellides pusilla Verrill. 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 613 (Amage pusilla, 



sp. nov. ; not listed for this region). 

 Blue Wing station 49* (Gay Head, on sandy 



bottom): i specimen. 



Melinna cristata Sars. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 613, 432, etc. 



Mouth of Vineyard Sound, on muddy bottoms, 

 in the deepest water. Verrill. Dr. Moore 

 states that he has never taken this species in 

 local waters, but that all which he has ex- 

 amined belong to the following species. 



Melinna maculata Webster. [Chart 74.] 

 Tubes dredged at scattered stations throughout 

 Buzzards Bay, 3 to 17 fathoms, muddy bot- 

 tom; not recorded from Vineyard Sound. 

 Survey. Tashmoo Pond*, in brackish water 

 (E. D. Congdon, col.). 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7623 (tubes), 7624 (i 

 tube), 7629 (i tube), 7637 (common), 7638 

 (plentiful), 7639 (i tube), 7641 (several tubes), 

 7663 (i), 7673 (several). 



Phalarope stations*: 80 (several tubes), 159 (i 

 tube), 161 (i), 162 (several tubes), 164 (tubes), 

 165 (tubes), 166 (tubes). 



Family AMPHICTENID^E. 



Cistenides gouldii Verrill. [Chart 75.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 612. 323, etc. (sp. 

 nov.). 



New Jersey to Cape Cod. Verrill. Buzzards 

 Bay throughout its entire length; Quicks 

 Hole, Robinsons Hole, Woods Hole; not noted 

 at any of Vineyard Sound stations; dredged in 

 2 to 17 fathoms, chiefly at depths less than 10 

 fathoms, -occurring commonly in mixtures of 

 mud and sand; recorded also from muddy 

 banks or sand flats at Fort Phoenix, Wareham 

 River, Katama Bay, and Lagoon Pond at both 

 ends. Survey. Woods Hole Harbor, on 

 beach in front of Marine Biological Labora- 

 tory supply department. G. M. Gray. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7613 (3 tubes), 7614 (i), 

 7615 (i), 7616 (i tube), 7620 (several), 7622 

 (2), 7623 (3), 7625 (several small), 7626 (i 

 tube), 7629 (3 tubes), 7637 (several), 7638 

 (i), 7640 (i), 7641 (i), 7653 (i tube), 7656 (i 

 tube), 7657 (i tube), 7661 (i tube), 7673 (2), 



Phalarope stations: 28 (i empty tube), 85 (2), 

 89 (fragment of tube), 90 (i fragment of tube), 

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

 96 (fragments of tube), 119 (i), 120 (several), 

 139 (i tube), 145 (i), 156, 159 (several tubes),* 

 160 (i living),* 161 (i living),* 162 (few 

 tubes),* 165 (many tubes),* 166 (several 

 tubes). 



Mr. Gray notes that during life the apex of the 

 tube is generally uppermost. 



