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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Praxilella zonalis Continued. 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7608 (fragments of 2), 7612 

 (i fragment), 7614 (2), 7617 (i fragment), 7629 

 (several tubes), 7638, 7659 (i), 7686 (i). Sup- 

 plementary station 7669 (1907). 



Phalarope station: 162 (several fragments). 



Praxilella tricirrata Moore. 

 Moore, 1906, p. 503 (sp. nov.). 

 "Taken on two occasions at Crab Ledge . . . 

 in 17 to 20 fathoms, on a stony and gravelly 

 bottom, and not found elsewhere." "Filled 

 with eggs on September 2." 



Praxiklla producta (Lewis). 



Lewis, 1899, p. in (Clymcne producta, sp. nov.). 

 Taken at Cotuit, on sand flat, at low water. 



Lewis, Moore. A search by Miss Lewis among 



the sand flats in other parts of Vineyard Sound 



failed to reveal this species. 

 Maldane elongata Verrill. [Chart 77.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 609, .343> etc - 



(sp. nov.). 

 Scattered stations throughout Buzzards Bay, 



2 to 13 fathoms, muddy bottom. Survey. 



Abundant on mud flats just below low water. 



Moore. Listed by Verrill only from vicinity 



of New Haven. 

 Fish Hawk stations*: 7637 (plentiful, small), 



7638 (common), 7641 (i), 7642 (2), 7643 (i 



small), 7645 (i fragment), 7646 (i fragment), 



7669 (common, tubes), 7671 (several), 7674 



(several tubes). 

 Phalarope stations*: 94 (fragments of tubes), 97 



(i tube), 127 (tubes), 128, 160 (i), 161 (several 



tubes). 



Family ARENICOLID^. 



Arenicola marina ( Linnaeus). a 



Ram Island, in Woods Hole Harbor; stony 

 shores, below low- water mark; not uncom- 

 mon. Moore. Nonamesset Island, on Woods 

 Hole side *. Gray. 



Arenicola cristala Stimpson. 



North Falmouth, abundant. Moore, Gray. 

 Kettle Cove*; Buzzards Bay at local break- 

 water*. Gray. Katama Bay, east shore*. 

 Survey. Dug on sand and gravel flats, below 

 low- water mark. 



Eggs may be found from the latter part of June 

 to the latter part of July; at times they "may 

 be collected by the bucketful." Bumpus. 

 Eggs laid in large jelly masses attached by one 

 end to the mouth of the burrow; may be found 

 late in the spring and throughout most of the 

 summer. Moore. 



Family SCALIBREGMID^. 



Scalibregma bremcauda Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 605 (sp. nov.). 



Off New Haven. Verrill. Buzzards Bay,near 

 Naushon shore (Fish Hawk station 7652)*; 7 

 fathoms, sandy mud; 2 specimens. Supple- 

 mentary station 7612 (1907)*. 



Family CHLORH^MIDJE. 



Brada setosa Verrill . 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, P- 6o6 > 5 8 ( S P- nov -)- 

 Off Gay Head, 8 to 10 fathoms, among mussels, 



etc. Verrill. Lower half of Buzzards Bay; 



3 to 9 fathoms, mud. Survey. 

 Fish Hawk stations: 7656 (i)*, 7657* (several). 

 Phalarope station 165 (:)*. 



Trophonia affinis Verrill. [Chart 78.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 605, 432. 



Off Buzzards Bay in 25 fathoms, mud. Verrill. 

 Pretty general in the lower half of Buzzards 

 Bay; several stations in the Sound; 4 to 17 

 fathoms, chiefly on muddy bottoms. Survey. 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7532 bis (2), 7537 (2), 7640 

 (2), 7641 (i), 7647 (i small), 7651 (i), 7652 (2), 

 7654 (i), 7655 (6), 7656 (several), 7658 (i), 7662 

 (i), 7671 (i), 7673 (3), 7674 (common), 7675 (3). 



Phalarope stations*: 8 (i), 59 (i), 95 (i), 103 (i), 

 119(1). 



Family STERNASPID^. 



ISternaspisfossor Stimpson. & 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 606, 507. 

 Off Gay Head, 19 fathoms, soft mud, quite 

 common. 



Family SABELLID^. 



Myxicola steenstrupii (Kroyer). 



Crab Ledge, stony bottom, 17 fathoms. Moore. 

 Twenty fathoms on bottom of sand and gravel 

 (Fish Hawk station 7608)*, i specimen. 



Euchone elegans Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 618, 43 2 ( S P- nov.). 



Deeper parts of Vineyard Sound; much more 

 abundant in the deeper waters outside. Ver- 

 rill. W'estern end of Vineyard Sound, at Fish 

 Hawk station 7686*, 17 fathoms, mud. Survey. 



Parasabella micro phthalmia (Verrill). [Chart 79.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 618, 323 (Sabella 



micro phthalmia, sp. nov.); Hargitt, 1906, p. 



310 (Sabella micro phthalmia). 



Vineyard Sound. Verrill. Scattered inshore 



stations in Buzzards Bay and eastern end of 



Vineyard Sound; dredged in 3 to 6 fathoms, 



on various bottoms; recorded also from Woods 



a- It is curious that neither this nor the following species is listed by Verrill and Smith (1873). 

 & Dr. Moore states that the local species is probably S. scutata (Ranzani). 



