A Contribution 



TO THE 



Fauna of the Coast of Louisiana 



By L. R. GARY. 



The following list contains a record of the animals (with the 

 exception of the Protozoa and Insecta) collected by the station 

 staff during the past three seasons. Collections have been made 

 at Cameron, in Vermilion Parish, near Southwest Pass, and at 

 the Chandeleur Islands. Records were kept of the forms ob- 

 served at several other places on the coast. No systematic col- 

 lecting was done at other than the three points mentioned above. 



A list of the Protozoa from Cameron by J. C. Smith and a 

 list of the Insecta by Jas. S. Hine was published in the station 

 bulletin No. 2, issued in May, 1904. This issue of the bulletin 

 contains a further contribution to the insect fauna by the same 

 author. 



Many of the specimens listed from Cameron and a few from 

 the Chandeleur Islands were collected by Dr. Cowles during th.^ 

 season of 1904, the remainder of those from Cameron and other 

 points were collected by the writer during the past year. 



The Mollusca and Crustacea were identified by members of 

 the staff of the United States National Museum, at Washington, 

 D. C. 



Specimens of all the forms listed, as well as others as yet 

 undetermined, are preserved in the museum collection at the 

 Gulf Biologic Station. 



PORIFERA. 



Clion/ sulphurea — This boring sponge is common on tho 

 shells of living oysters, as well as on dead and broken shells, all 

 along the coast. 



