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first specimen was taken oflf Nova Scotia, in 300 fathoms, by Captain T. 

 Goodwin, schooner Elisha Crowell " (Verrill, 1883). 



Paramuricea borealis, Verrill. 



1878. Ibid, p. 213. 

 " A number of specimens have been obtained by the Gloucester fishermen, 

 from the fishing banks off Nova Scotia, in deep water " (Verrill, 1883). 



Paramuricea grand is, Verrill. 



1883. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. xi., p. 37. 

 " Several fine examples, some of them of large size, have been brought 

 from the fishing banks off Nova Scotia by the Gloucester fishermen, and pre- 

 sented to the U. S. Fish Commission " (Verrill, 1883). 



stelechotokea. 



Family Anthoptilidce. 



Anthoptilum grandiflorum, Verrill. 



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Virgularia grandijlora, Verrill (1879). 

 Anthoptilum grandiflorum, Verrill (1882). 



Grand Bank, Western Bank, Banquereau, Sable Island Bank and Le Have 

 Bank, taken by Gloucester fishermen and presented to the U. S. Fish 

 Commission (Verrill, 1882 and 1883). Common off Nova Scotia (Verrill, 

 1885). 



[A. Murrayi, Kolliker, was described from specimens dredged by H.M.S. 

 Challenger, at Station 50, off Nova Scotia, in 1,250 fathoms, just outside of 

 the area included within the limits of this paper.) 



FuNicuLiNA ARMATA, Verrill. 



1878. Amer. Journ. Sc. and Arts, Third Series, vol. xvii., p. 240. 

 " Taken on a trawl line in 300 to 400 fathoms, about forty miles south- 

 west from the N.W. light of Sable Island, N.S., by George K. Allen, 

 schoaner M. H. Perkins (Verx-ill, 1879). "Other specimens were after- 

 wards brought in by the Gloucester fishermen from the fishing banks off 

 Nova Scotia" (Verrill, 1883). 



Family Virgularidce. 

 Virgularia Lyungmani, Kolliker. 



Gulf of St. Lawrence, thirty miles N.E. of Cap des Rosiers, in 200 

 fathoms mud ; fifteen living specimens, which were dredged by the writer in 

 1872, and identified with this species by Professor Verrill. 



