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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Eudorellopsis deformis (Kroyer). 



S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 116; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, 



p. 31; Caiman, 1912, p. 623. 

 Off Vineyard Sound Lightship, 16 fathoms, i 



female. Caiman. 



Family DIASTYLID^E. 



Diastylis sculpta Sars. 



S. I. Smith, 1879, p. in (D. sculptus); M. J. 

 Rathbun, 1905, p. 31; Caiman, 1912, p. 657. 



Vineyard Sound, at the surface, in July, August, 

 and September, mostly females or young; 

 males rare; adult males taken by V. N. Ed- 

 wards in April and May. Smith. Low water 

 to 60 fathoms. Rathbun. Woods Hole, sur- 

 face, i female. Caiman. 



9 Diastylis quadrispinosa Sars. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 554, 507; S. I. Smith, 

 1879, p. 112 (D. quadrispinosus); M. J. Rath- 

 bun, 1905, p. 32; Caiman, 1912, p. 658. 



Off Marthas Vineyard in 18 to 23 fathoms, on 

 muddy bottom; Vineyard Sound, off Tar- 

 paulin Cove, 10 to 12 fathoms. Smith. Vine- 

 yard Sound, 1 8 fathoms, and neighboring parts 

 of the ocean. Caiman. 



Diastylis abbreviata Sars. 



S. I. Smith, 1879, P- IJ 3 (D- abbreviatus); M. J. 



Rathbun, 1905, p. 32. 

 No definite local records, though this region lies 



within the range of the species as stated by 



Smith. 



Diastylis polita Smith. 



S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 108 (Diastylis politus, sp. 

 nov.); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 33; Caiman, 

 1912, p. 655. 



Vineyard Sound, at surface, in January, March, 

 April, May, July, and December; females 

 with eggs in May. Smith. Seven to ten fath- 

 oms. Rathbun. Woods Hole, several lots re- 

 corded for February, April, and May. Cai- 

 man. 



Oxyurostylis smithi Caiman. 



Caiman, 1912, p. 667 (sp. nov.). 



The type of this species was taken at Woods Hole 

 in surface tow, by V. N. Edwards, May 6, 1906. 

 Specimens identified by Dr. Caiman were 

 taken at Woods Hole and vicinity in 1881 and 

 1882; also December, 1903, October, Novem- 

 ber, and December, 1904, and April and May, 

 1906. 



Undetermined species belonging to this order are frequently taken in the local tow by Mr. Edwards, 

 sometimes in considerable numbers. 



Order STOMATOPODA. 



Family CHLORIDELUD^E. 



Lysiosquilla armata Smith. 



M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 29. 



" From stomach of flounder, southwest of Gay 

 Head, 17 to 27 fathoms (determination doubt- 

 ful);" Vineyard Sound, in 1882, one speci- 

 men. Rathbun. 

 Lysiosquilla scabricauda (Lamarck). 



M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 29. 



" Vineyard Sound, surface," September 13, 1875. 

 Chloridella cmpusa (Say). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 551, 369, etc. 

 (Squilla empusa); Bumpus, iSgSb (Squilla); 

 M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 29. 



Adults comparatively rare locally. This species 

 inhabits muddy shores and bottoms; "prob- 

 ably it usually burrows in the mud below low- 



Chloridclla empusa Continued. 



water mark." Smith. Occurs down to 12 

 fathoms. Rathbun. Smith records one from 

 the stomach of Palinurichthys perciformis, 

 taken at Woods Hole. Recorded by Miss 

 Rathbun from Woods Hole, Vineyard Sound, 

 Buzzards Bay and Acushnet River. One 

 adult specimen taken by Mr. Edwards in a 

 fyke net in Great Harbor, December, 1908; 

 another sent from Edgartown in same month. 

 Mr. Gray, of the Marine Biological Laboratory 

 supply department, is obliged to send to dis- 

 tant points for this species, being unable to 

 obtain it locally in sufficient numbers for 

 laboratory purposes. Bumpus records that 

 the young are occasionally taken in the tow 

 net during August. 



