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Nymphon longitarse, Kroyer. 



Taken by the U. S. Fish Commission in the Bay of Fundy in 1872; 

 eighteen to thirty-two miles off Cape Sable, N.S., in 59 to 90 fathoms, in 

 1877 ; in the Narrows at the mouth of Bedford Basin, Halifax, in 16 fathoms, 

 — and Chebucto Light, N.W. by W., eight and a half miles, in 1877; and 

 in the outer harbour, Halifax, in 1879 (Wilson). 



Nymphon grossipes (O. Fabricius). 



Pyenogonum grossipes, O. Fabricius (1780). 

 Nymphon grossipes, J. C. Fabricius (1794) ; et auct. 



" This and the preceding species are the commonest of the group. The 

 most southerly locality from which I have seen specimens is Long Island 



Sound " , "and the most northerly is Orphan Bank in the Gulf of St 



Lawrence, dredged by Mr. Whiteaves in 1873; Dr. Packard has recorded 

 ic from Labrador. Taken by the U. S. Fish Commission off Salem and 

 Gloucester, 19 to 48 fathoms; Gulf of Maine, off Cape Ann, 18 to 90 

 fathoms ; off Isles of Shoals ; off Cashe's Ledge ; off Cape Elizabeth ; Casco 

 Bay, common; St. George's Banks, 50 fathoms; common off Halifax, 16 to 

 101 fathoms ; Bedford Basin, Halifax Harbour, 35 fathoms, soft, oozy, 

 offensive black mud. In depth the observed range is from 12 to 110 

 fathoms. Like the preceding species, it is found upon nearly all bottoms, 

 but it seems to be less of a muddy bottom species, and is more often taken 

 on rocky or gravelly bottoms " (Wilson). 



Taken, also, by the Challenger expedition, in 1873, at Station 49, south 

 of Halifax, in 85 fathoms. Packard dredged it, in 1860, at Salmon Bay, 

 near Caribou Island ; and in 1864, at Square Island, Labrador, in from 15 

 to 30 fathoms. 



Nymphon hirtum, J. C. Fabricius. 



Nymphon hirtum, J. C. Fabricius (1794) ; fide Wilson. 



"Taken in great numbers off Halifax by the U. S. Fish Commission in 

 1877. It occurs on rocky, gravelly, or muddy bottoms, down to 50 fathoms. 

 Sept. 24th., 1877, several hauls off Halifax, in 50 fathoms, muddy bottom, 

 brought them up by hundreds, clinging to the meshes of the trawl-net " 

 (Wilson). 



