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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OP FISHERIES. 



Cylichna alba (Brown). 



Gould 1870, p. 220; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 663, 508, etc. (In neither work listed for this 

 region). 



Dredged by the survey near the lower end of 

 Buzzards Bay, at Fish Hawk stations 7657 (i 

 shell), and 7661 (2 shells); 9 to 13 fathoms, 

 mud. (Identified by R. C. Osburn.) 



Family 



Haminea solitaria Say. 



Gould, 1870, p. 222 (Bulla solitaria); Verrill and 

 Smith, 1873, p. 662, 371, etc. (Bulla solitaria), 

 Dall, 1889, p. 88. 



New Bedford. Gould. "Common, in the 

 muddy lagoons and salt-ponds along the shores 

 of Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay. . . . 

 Abundant in a small pond near Holmes 

 Hole. "Verrill. Eel Pond, Hadley Harbor. 

 G. M. Gray. Katama Bay at several points. 

 Osburn. This species is doubtless of pretty 

 general distribution in such localities as those 

 mentioned but, being of strictly littoral habi- 

 tat, it was only recorded three times during 

 the survey dredging, viz, at Phalarope sta- 

 tions 127 (shells common), 161 (few shells), and 

 166 (i living). 



Eggs laid in large jelly-like balls, which are fas- 

 tened by stalks to the sand; deposited August 

 20 or earlier. E. G. Conklin, Marine Biologi- 

 cal Laboratory card catalogue. 



"Devoured in large numbers by the flounders 

 and doubtless by other fishes."- Verrill. 



Family APLYSIID^J. 



Tethys willcoxi (Heilprin) var. 



Dall, 1889, p. 90 (Aplysia willcoxi). 



Katama Bay, October 31, 1900, i large specimen* 

 (sent by Mr. Fisher of Edgartown to Mr. Ed- 

 wards). Buzzards Bay, near Woods Hole, 

 October n, 1906, i specimen (probably of 

 this species) taken in a lobster-pot. During 

 October, 1910, this mollusk was taken rather 

 frequently throughout the waters of the region, 

 one or more specimens being recorded from 

 New Bedford, Westport, Buzzards Bay (near 

 Woods Hole), Lamberts Cove, Tarpaulin Cove, 

 Robinsons Hole , and Menemsha Bight. One of 

 these specimens was referred to Dr. Dall for 

 identification 



Family PLEUROBRANCHID/B. 



? Pleurobranchcca tarda Verrill. 



Verrill, i882C, p. 546. 



Off Marthas Vineyard in 28 fathoms, 1881 (thus 

 not strictly within the limits of the region). 

 Verrill. Four specimens, presumably from 

 the vicinity of Woods Hole, though not la- 

 beled, were assigned to this species by Dr. 

 MacFarland. It is quite possible, however, 

 that these were likewise taken beyond the 

 limits of the region. 



Family DENDRONOTIDJE. 



Dendronotus arborescens (Miiller). 



Gould, 1870, p. 234; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 



665, 495, etc. 



"Rare and local south of Massachusetts Bay." 

 Verrill. Not yet recorded for this region, 

 though the latter lies within the stated range 

 of the species. 



Dendronotus robustus Verrill. 



Verrill, 1879, p. 197; i882C, p. 550. 



Vineyard Sound. Verrill. Six specimens from 



the vicinity of Woods Hole f (collected by 



G. M. Gray). 



Family SCYLL^ID^E. 



Scyllcea pelagica Linnaeus. 



Verrill, 1878, p. 211. (Scyllcsaedwardsii); i882C, 



p. 550 (Scyll<za edwardsii). 



Little Harbor, Woods Hole, on eel grass; also in 

 the Sound on sargassum; first reported in the 

 autumn of 1877. Verrill. Specimens which 

 are probably of this species have been taken 

 among floating sargassum in Vineyard Sound, 

 on the following dates, often in great numbers: 

 August 20, 22, 28*, and September 5, 1906. 

 Some were collected likewise during the pre- 

 ceding summer and probably at other times. 

 Dr. MacFarland comments: "A careful ana- 

 tomical study of the Woods Hole specimens 

 must be made before their identity with S. 

 pelagica L. can be positively determined." 



Family POLYCERID^. 



Polycerclla emertoni Verrill. 



Verrill, i88oc, p. 387 (sp. nov.); i882C, p. 548. 

 Woods Hole Harbor, August and September, 1875 



and i88i,oneel grass and hydroids; Newport, 



on piles. 

 Eggs laid in confinement, July 24. Verrill. 



