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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Embletonia pallida Alder & Hancock. 

 Bergh, 1885, p. 36. 

 Vineyard Sound, near Woods Hole, 3 specimens 



(described by Bergh) were collected by Ver- 



rill July 15, 1881. 



Coryphella mananensis (Stimpson). 



Verrill, i882C, p. 552. 



No specific local records given by Verrill. Speci- 

 mens from the following points were assigned 

 to this species by Dr. MacFarland: Woods 

 Hole, March 18, 1896; vicinity of Woods 

 Hole (G. M. Gray, collector); Quicks Hole, 

 March 25, 1898 (G. M. Gray, collector); Vine- 

 yard Sound, near Quicks Hole, May, 1898; 

 Vineyard Sound, at Fish Hawk stations 7686 

 and 7718. 



Coryphella salmonacea (Couthouy). 



Gould, 1870, p. 240 (ALolis salmonacea; not listed 

 for this region). 



Four specimens, thus identified by Dall and 

 Bartsch, were taken at Crab Ledge (Fish Hawk 

 station 7603). Others which were regarded 

 by the collectors as being of the same species 

 as the foregoing were taken at Fish Hawk sta- 

 tions 7605 and 7607 (likewise at Crab Ledge). 



Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy). 



Gould, 1870, p. 241 (.'Eolis bostoniensis); Ver- 

 rill, i88oc, p. 389; Bumpus, 1898, p. 488 

 (Eolis bostoniensis). 



At Newport, etc., "common from above low 

 water to 20 fathoms, on Obelia and other hy- 

 droids. " Verrill. Woods Hole, or vicinity, 

 March, 1898; "breeding." Bumpus. Surface 

 tow, local pierf, November 19, 1904; 3 speci- 

 mens (V. N. Edwards, collector). Piles of 

 local pierf, February 2, 1907: i specimen. 



Fiona marina (Forskal). 



Verrill, 18823, p. 339 (Fiona nobilis); Verrill, 



18820, p. 551 (Fiona nobilis). 

 South of Marthas Vineyard, on floating tim- 

 bers. Verrill. Vicinity of Woods Holef, 2 

 specimens (G. M. Gray, collector). 



Family DOTONID^. 



Doto coronata (Gmelin). 



Gould, 1870, p. 236; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 665, 400, etc.; Bumpus, 1898, p. 487. 



Vineyard Sound. Agassiz, cited by Gould. 

 Off Gay Head. Verrill. Woods Hole Harbor, 

 among sertularians. G. M. Gray. Bumpus 

 records the taking of this species locally by 

 dredge in March, 1898. Gay Head, at Blue 

 Wing station 44!, i specimen. Survey. 



? Doto formosa Verrill. 

 Verrill, 18753, p. 41; 18823, p. 551. 

 No definite local records, though this region lies 

 within the range of the species as stated by 

 Verrill. 



Family HERM^ID^E. 



Hermaa cruciata (A. Agassiz) Gould. 

 Gould, 1870, p. 253; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 



667. 

 Naushon Island. A. Agassiz. 



Alderia harvardiensis (A. Agassiz) Gould. 



Gould, 1870, p. 254 (not listed for this region); 

 Bumpus, 1898, p. 488. 



Woods Hole, or vicinity, March, 1898; "breed- 

 ing. ' ' Bumpus. 

 Elysia chlorotica (A. Agassiz) Gould. 



Gould, 1870, p. 255; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 667, 480. (In neither work listed for this 

 region.) 



Six specimens, thus identified by Dr. MacFar- 

 land, were collected by Mr. Gray in the vicin- 

 ity of Woods Hole. Mr. Gray reports the 

 occurrence of this species in the Eel Pond, 

 Lackeys Bay and Hadley Harbor. 

 Elysiella catula (A. Agassiz, Gould). 



Gould, 1870, p. 256 (Placobranchus catulus); Ver- 

 rill, 1872, p. 284; Verrill and Smith, 1873, 

 p. 668, 480. 



"Woods Hole, among eelgrass, common." "It 

 also has the power of floating with the bot- 

 tom of the foot at the surface of the water. ' ' 



Verrill. 



Family AURICULID^. 



fAlexia myosotis (Draparnaud). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 662, 383, etc. 



In brackish waters, on piles, etc., near high-water 

 mark. No definite local records, though this 

 region lies within the stated range of the 

 species. 



Melampus lineatus Say. 



Gould, 1870, p. 467 (Melampus bidentatus; not 

 listed for this region); Verrill and Smith, 1873, 

 p. 662, 463, etc. (Melampus bidentatus); Dall, 

 1889, p. 92. 



Salt marshes and weedy shores of Vineyard 

 Sound and Buzzards Bay, very common. 

 Wareham River, on muddy banks, between 

 tides; beach east of Fort Phcenix, under rocks 

 between tides; south arm of West Falmouth 

 Harbor. (Collected by Cole; identified by 

 Dall and Bartsch.) 



"Contributes largely to the food of the minnow 

 and other small fishes, as well as to that of 

 many aquatic birds." Verrill. 



