12 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Nucula proxima ovata (Verrill and Bush). 



Nucula proxima var. ovata Verrill and Bush, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1898, vol. 20, p. 852, pi. 81, fig. 6; pi. 88, fig. 5. " Vineyard- 

 Sound, off Cuttyhunk." 



Mass. — Vineyard Sound, off Cuttyhunk, in 18 fathoms. 



*Nucula delphinodonta Mighels and Adams. 



Mighels and Adams, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., 1842, vol. 4, p. 40, 

 pi. 4, fig. 5. " Casco Bay." Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 153, 

 fig. 461. 



Me. — Casco Bay, 5 to 95 fathoms; Frenchman's Bay, 4 to 50 

 fathoms; Eastport, 10 to 100 fathoms. 



Mass. — Off Cape Ann, 30 fathoms; off Gay Head, 19 fathoms; 

 Revere; Duxbury. 



R. I.— East of Block Island, 29 fathoms. 



*Nucula tenuis (Montagu). 



Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 149, fig. 457. 



Area tenuis Montagu, Test. Brit., Suppl., 1808, p. 56, pi. 29, 

 fig. 1. "near Dunbar, [Scotland]." 



Me. — Casco Bay; Frenchman's Bay, 10 to 20 fathoms; East- 

 port, 15 to 20 fathoms. 



Mass. — " Georges Banks." 

 Conn. — ?Stonington (Linsley). 



Nucula subovata Verrill and Bush. * 



Verrill and Bush, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898, vol. 20, p. 852, 

 pi. 81, fig. 8; pi. S3, fig. 5. "between N. lat. 40°, W. long. 71° 

 14' 30", and N. lat. 37° 8', W. long. 74° 33', in 157 to 444 fath- 

 oms." 



South of Marthas Vineyard, 157 fathoms. 



