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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Leptochelia savignyi Continued. 



algicola)', Richardson, 1901, p. 504 (Leptochelia 

 dubia); 1905, p. 26; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 35. 



Woods Hole, Vineyard Sound. Harger, Rich- 

 ardson. Eel Pond, Hadley Harbor, Vineyard 

 Haven. Osburn. A few inshore stations 

 along eastern shore of Buzzards Bay; likewise 

 near shore of Sound in vicinity of Woods Hole ; 

 chiefly taken at depths of 6 fathoms or less, on 

 various bottoms. Survey. Common on piles, 

 among ascidians and hydroids. Harger. Like- 

 wise found on algae and eelgrass, and living 

 freely at surface. 



Phalarope stations*: 4 (i), 5 (few), 6 (few), 83, 87 

 (several), 100 (i), 108, 117 (many among algae), 

 118 (common), 132 (many), 141 (few). 



Family ANTHURID^E. 



Cyathura carinata (Kroyer;. 



Verrill and Smith (Harger), 1873, p. 572, 426 

 (Anthura brunnea); Harger, 1879, p. 162 (An- 

 thura polita); 1880, p. 398 (Anthura polita); 

 Richardson, 1901, p. 508; 1905, p. 63; M. J. 

 Rathbun, 1905, p. 36. 



Vineyard Sound. Harger. Tarpaulin Cove, 

 Head of Lagoon Pond, West Falmouth Har- 

 bor. Osbum. Sand or sandy mud, between 

 tides or just below low-water mark. 



Ptilanthura tennis Harger. 



Harger, 1879, p. 162; 1880, p. 406 (sp. nov.); 

 Richardson, 1901, p. 508 (Anthura tennis); 

 1905, p. 66; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 35 (An- 

 thura tenuis). 



Waquoit, in sand at low water, September 8, 

 1875. Harger. 



Calathura branchiata (Stimpson). 



Verrill and Smith (Harger), 1873, P- 573> 5 11 

 (Anthura branchiata)', Harger, 1879, p. 162 

 (Paranthura branchiata); 1880, p. 402 (Paran- 

 thura branchiata); Richardson, 1901, p. 59; 

 1905, p. 72; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 36 (spelled 

 brachiata). 



Vineyard Sound. Harger, Richardson. Rare 

 south of Cape Cod. Harger. 



Family CIROLANID^E. 



Cirolana concharum (Stimpson). 



Verrill and Smith (Harger), 1873, p. 572,746,426, 

 etc. (Conilera concharum); Harger, 1879, p. 

 161; 1880, p. 378; Richardson, 1901, p. 513; 

 1905, p. 95; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 36. 



Woods Hole Harbor, sometimes very common. 

 Vineyard Sound, Eel Pond. Harger. Musk- 

 keget Channel. Rathbun. Fish Hawk sta- 

 tion 7533 (i), and Phalarope station 80 (i). 



Cirolana concharum Continued. 



Reported for May and August as well as mid- 

 winter. 



This isopod is a scavenger, and may sometimes 

 be taken in great numbers in winter from dead 

 fish. V. N. Edwards. It has been drawn into 

 the water supply of the Woods Hole hatchery 

 in sufficient numbers to block up the cocks. 



Family CYMOTHOID^E. 



Nerocila tnunda Harger. 



Verrill and Smith (Harger), 1873, p. 571 (sp. 

 nov.); Harger, 1879, p. 161; 1880, p. 392. 

 Richardson, 1901, p. 528; 1905, p. 223; M. J. 

 Rathbun, 1905, p. 38. 



Woods Hole and Vineyard Sound, a few speci- 

 mens recorded by Harger. Buzzards Bay 

 traps, near Woods Hole; Menemsha Bight. 

 Osburn, Linton, Wilson, Edwards. A rather 

 uncommon external parasite on various fishes. 

 First recorded by Harger from the dorsal fin of 

 the large file-fish "Ceratacanihus aurantiacus" 

 (=Alutera schoepfii). Dorsal fin of Music Jus 

 canis, August 26, 1893. (F. R. Lillie, in Ma- 

 rine Biological Laboratory card catalogue. 

 Listed as Nerocila sp.). Found by C. B. Wil- 

 son on the pectoral fin of a remora; another 

 found by V. N. Edwards on the same species; 2 

 reported by Osburn from Alutera schoepfii, at 

 base of dorsal fin; another taken from cheek of 

 butterfish. 



Livoneca oualis (Say). 



Verrill and Smith (Harger), 1873. p. 572, 477; 

 Harger, 1879, p. 162; 1880, p. 305; Richardson, 

 1901, p. 531; 1905, p. 263; M. J". Rathbun, 

 1905, p. 38. 



Vineyard Sound; taken from a bluefish near the 

 gills; likewise in one case from scup. Harger. 

 Woods Hole. Richardson. 



Family LIMNORIID^E. 



Limnoria lignorum (Rathke). Gribble. 



Verrill and Smith (Harger), 1873, p. 571, 379, 

 etc.; Harger, 1879, p. 161; 1880, p. 373; Rich- 

 ardson, 1901, p. 532; 1905, p. 269; M. J. Rath- 

 bun, 1905, p. 39. 



Of general distribution along the coast, and 

 abundant locally. This species burrows into 

 solid wood to the depth of about half an inch, 

 often being "so numerous as to reduce the 

 wood to mere series of thin partitions between 

 the holes. . . . Where abundant it will 

 destroy soft timber at the rate of half an inch 

 or more every year." Harger. According to 

 Q. Andrews (cited by Harger), this species has 

 likewise been observed to attack the gutta- 

 percha of submarine cables. 



