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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Agardhiella lenera Continued. 



and 74, few; 77, many; 7761, many; Vineyard 

 Haven 70, 71, 72 and 7762, many. Drifted 

 fragments, 7548. 



Summer, undoubtedly at other seasons. 

 Farlow, 1873, p. 289 (Solieria chordalis J. Agardh), 

 Woods Hole; A. A. B. Ex., fas. iv, no. 143, 

 (Rhabdonia tenera J. Agardh), Woods Hole (W. 

 G. Farlow). 



Cystoclonium purpurascens (Hudson) Kutzing. 

 [Chart 254.] 



Common, attached to stones in fairly deep water. 

 Dredged by the Survey in z% to 13 fathoms 

 (most plentiful in 4 to 10 fathoms), over sandy, 

 shelly, and stony bottoms, occasionally over 

 mud. A scattered distribution through Vine- 

 yard Sound and in the lower portion chiefly of 

 Buzzards Bay. 



Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond, Grassy 

 Ledge, Juniper Point. Nobska. 



Buzzards Bay: Upper portion 7653 and 7654, 

 few. Lower portion 7656, 7659, and 7680, 

 few. Inshore Cuttyhunk 104, one. Drifted 

 fragments, 7616. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7720, one; 

 7729, few. Narrow portion 7524 bis, two; 7525 

 bis, 7542 (1907) and 7549 (1907), few. Easterly 

 portion 7760, one. Inshore passage of Woods 

 Hole 118, few; Nonamesset 8, many; Robin- 

 sons Hole 20 and 22, many; Pasque 25, many; 

 Quicks Hole 29, few; Nashawena3o, one; Cut- 

 tyhunk 33 and 34, many; Gay Head 44, 49, 56, 

 57, 58, and 59, many; 60, few; Marthas Vine- 

 yard 52, 62, and 63, few. 



Summer. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 290, Gay Head, Woods Hole. 



Cystoclonium purpurascens var. cirrhosum Harvey. 



[Chart 255.] 



Common, on stones and larger algae i-i fairly deep 

 water. Dredged by the Survey in i to 17 fath- 

 oms (most plentiful in 4 to 12 fathoms), over 



Cystoclonium purpurascens var. cirrhosum Con. 

 sandy, shelly, and stony bottoms, occasionally 

 over mud. Distribution chiefly in the lower 

 portion of Buzzards Bay and westerly portion 

 of Vineyard Sound. 



Buzzards Bay: Upper portion 7639 and 7653, 

 few. Lower portion 7651 (1907), 7656, 7659, 

 7662 (1907), 7663, 7664, 7666, 7672, and 7673, 

 few. Inshore Sow and Pigs in, many; Cut- 

 tyhunk 100, many; 102, few; 112, many on 

 Phyllophom; Cove west of Cuttyhunk Neck 

 July 27, 1905, many; Penikese 113, many; 

 Gull Island 115, few; 116, many; Nashawena 

 80, few; Pasque 82 and 85, few; 83, many; 

 Naushon 86, many. Drifted fragments, 7665. 

 Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7581(1907), 

 7585, 7601, 7676, and 7678, few; 7686, one; 7692 

 and 7693, few; 7703, i on Rhodymenia; 7706, one; 

 7707, many; 7717, few; 7718, many; 7719, one; 

 7722, one; 7730, many. Narrow portion 7523, 

 few; 7534, one; 7740, one; 39, few. Inshore 

 Nonamesset i,one; 8, few; Robinsons Hole 20 

 and 22, many; Pasque 24 and 25, many; Quicks 

 Hole 27, few; Cuttyhunk 32, 33, and 34, many; 

 Sow and Pigs 3 5, one; 36 and 37, few; Gay Head 

 50 and 51, considerable on bottom; 44, 45, 46, 

 47, 48, 49, 56, 58, and 59, many; 60, 7581 (1907) 

 and 7731, few; 7731 (1907), many; also Devils 

 Bridge August 17, 1903, haul i, few; hauls 2, 

 3, and 4, many; Menemsha Bight 53 and 54, 

 few; August 9, 1904, few; July 17, 1905, haul 

 2, many; Marthas Vineyard 52 and 63, few. 

 Drifted fragments, 7572, 7677, 7700. 

 Summer. 



Euthora cristata (Linnaeus) J. Agardh. 



Rare, on stones in 8 to 10 fathoms off Gay Head 



(Farlow). 



August and September i, 1873 (Farlow). 

 Farlow, 1876, p. 698, dredged off Gay Head; 



Farlow, 1881, p. 153, 154, Gay Head in 8 or 



10 fathoms. 



Order RHODYMENIALES. 



Family SPH^ROCOCCACE^. 



Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville. 



Occasional, on muddy shores. 



Mattapoisett (Collins). 



September 14, 1902 (Collins). 



Collins, 1903, p. 232, Mattapoisett; P. B.-A., fas. 

 xxi, no. 1041, in dense tufts, floating, Matta- 

 poisett, September 14, 1902 (F. S. Collins). 



Gracilaria multipartita (Clementi) Agardh. 



Occasional, on stones, sandy and muddy bot- 

 toms. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 14 fath- 

 oms (most plentiful in 4 to 10 fathoms), over 

 sandy and stony bottoms. Distribution chiefly 

 at inshore stations in the narrow portion of 

 Vineyard Sound. 



Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond. Hadley 

 Harbor (W. G. Farlow). 



