110 THE NAUTILUS. 



years ago by Rev. Geo. D. Reed; but that spot is now covered 

 with cottages. Diligent inquiry of the natives failed to reveal 

 the hiding place of H. hortensis. Though two men assured me 

 they had seen it, when they gave their descriptions I concluded 

 one had found hermit crabs and the other fiddler crabs. Some 

 people lacks " eddication." 



Dredging and dip-net work revealed a few interesting facts. 

 In Nantucket harbor Odostomia seminuda is large and abundant, 

 while other Odostomias are scarce. The opposite is the rule at 

 Woods Hole. Crepidida fornicata is exceedingly abundant. 

 Every haul of the dredge brings up many clusters of from ten 

 to twenty specimens clinging to each other. 



Katama Bay, near Edgartown, is an interesting dredging 

 ground. Results there were similar to Nantucket. The species 

 found at Nantucket are : 



Crepidida fornicata, Nassa trivittata, 



Crepidula plana, Astyris lunata, 



Busycon canaliculatus, Anachis avara, 



Busy con carica, Bittium nigrum, 



Venus mercenaria, Melampus lineatus, 



Area transversa, Tornatina canaliculate, 



Anomia simplex, Bela plicata, 



Odostomia seminuda, Cingula minuta, 



Odostomia bartschi, Cerithiopsis terebralis, 



Odostomia bisuturalis, Lacuna vincta, 



P. (Syrnola) producta, Turbonilla winkleyi, 



Nucula proxima, Turbonilla nivea, 



Montacuta plamdata, Turbonilla vinae, 



Chaetopleura apiculata, Turbonilla elegantv.hi. 



At Katama Bay, Martha's Vineyard : 

 Crepidula fornicata, Nassa trivittata, 



Callocardia morrhuana, Astyris lunata, 



Venus mercenaria, Bittium nigrum, 



Anomia simplex, Tornatina canaliculata, 



Laevicardium mortoni, Bela, plicata, 



Tagelus gibbus, Cerithiopsis terebralis, 



Odostomia seminuda, Eupleura caudata, 



P. (Syrnola) producta, Busycon carica, _ 



Nucula proxima, Haminea solitaria, 



Nucida later alls, Turbonilla winkleyi, 



Tellina tenera, Turbonilla elegantula. 



Chaetopleura apiculata, 



