iiiuLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Pinnixa sayana Continued. 



Ocypode albicans Continued. 



Smith. Buzzards Bay, in 1887, at Fish Hawk , Only the megalops is known locally. This has 



stations 1211-1221. Rathbun. Wareham 



River, at Phalarope station 154, 2 speci- 

 mens*. Survey. 



Reported by Smith from the stomach of the sum- 

 mer flounder. 



Dissodactylus melliicc (Rathbun). 



vSumner, 1909, p. 985. 



A single specimen was dredged July 29, 1908, 

 in the vicinity of Fish Hawk station 7703,* 

 along with large numbers of the "sand dollar" 

 (Echinarachnius panna); another is recorded 

 from Fish Hawk station 7579. 



Family GRAPSID^. 



Planes minutus (Linnaeus). 



S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 120 (Nauiilograpsus minu- 

 tus; not listed for this region); i882a (Nau- 

 tilograpsus minutus)', M. J. Rathbun, 1905, 

 p. 4. 



Western part of Vineyard Sound, commonly on 

 gulfweed; of variable abundance, depending 

 upon the occurrence of the weed ; recorded as 

 very common during the summers of 1904 and 

 1906; not seen in 1907. Wareham River 

 (doubtless a straggler). Rathbun. 



Recorded from August 9 to October 15. During 

 August and September many of the females 

 carry eggs. 



Sesarma reticulatum (Say). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 546, 467, etc. (Sesar- 

 ma reticulata); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 4. 



Wareham, Acushnet River. Rathbun. Ware- 

 ham River*. Cole. Burrows in salt marshes 

 and the banks of estuaries. Usually associated 

 with Uca pugnax. Smith. 



Family OCYPODID^. 



Ocypode albicans Bosc. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 545, 745, etc. (Ocy- 

 poda arenaria); S. I. Smith, i88aa (Ocypode 

 quadrata); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. i. 



been taken by V. N. Edwards in Vineyard 

 Sound in September (Smith) and by J. S. 

 Kingsley on August i (Marine Biological Labo- 

 ratory card catalogue). The adult burrows in 

 sandy beaches, above high tide. 



Uca pugnax (Smith). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 545, 367, etc. (Gelasi- 

 mus pugnax); S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 33 (Gelasi- 

 mus pugnax); Bumpus, :898b (Gelasimus pug- 

 nax); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. i. 



Acushnet River, in 1882 (W. Nye, jr., collector.) 

 Rathbun. Hadley Harbor, Wareham River*. 

 Abounds in salt marshes and on the borders of 

 estuaries, where it riddles the ground with its 

 holes. 



Reported by Bumpus as breeding early in June. 



Uca pugilator (Bosc). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 545, 336, etc. (Gelasi- 

 mus pugilator); S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 33 (Gelasi- 

 mus pugilator); Bumpus, iSgSb (Gelasimus 

 pugilator); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 2. 



Head of Woods Hole Harbor, Ram Island, Had- 

 ley Harbor. Wareham River*, Katama Bay*, 

 Sippowisset. Rathbun. Inhabits sand or 

 mud flats and beaches near high-water mark, 

 including the shores of brackish waters. 



Breeds early in June. Bumpus. 



Uca minax (Leconte). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, P- 545> 337> etc - (Gelasi- 

 mus minax); Bumpus, iSgSb (Gelasimus 

 minax); M.J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 2. (Nodefinite 

 local records published by any of these writers). 



Woods Hole, 1875; Wareham (U. S. Nat. Mus.); 

 New Bedford, in 1882 and 1886 (W. Nye, jr., 

 collector). Rathbun (MS. notes). This crab, 

 according to Smith, " lives upon salt marshes, 

 usually farther from the sea than the others, 

 and frequently where the water is most of the 

 time nearly fresh." 



Breeds early in June. Bumpus. 



Class INSECT A. 



Anurida maritima (Guerin). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 544, 331. 



Woods Hole; Nantucket. Verrill. Abundant 

 at Nobska Point and doubtless many similar 

 places, beneath stones, between tides, etc. 



Chironomus halophilus Packard. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 539, 415 (descrip- 

 tion by A. S. Packard). 



Chironomus halophilus Continued. 



"Full-grown larvae were dredged in 10 fathoms 

 in Vineyard Sound, several miles from land, 

 among compound ascidians (A. E. V.), and 

 several young larvae were dredged in 8 to 10 

 fathoms in Woods Hole Passage, September 10 

 (A. S. P.)." 



