[27] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 813 



pliyrus viola), two slime-eels (Myxine glutinosa), black dog-fish (Centros- 

 cijllium Fabricii), specimens of great bash-coral (Primnoa reseda), a large 

 Fininark sea-feather (Balticina FinmarcMca) with five sea-anemones at- 

 tached, three basket star-fish, compound ascidian, sea-corn (eggs of 

 Buccinum), and four yellow cake-sponges ; from lat. 44° 38' K., long. 57° 

 9' W., 200 fathoms. 



321. Capt. E. Morrison and crew, sch. Laura Nelson. A brittle 

 star, flesh-colored soft coral (Alcyonium carneum) and a sea anemone 

 (Urticina); from Banquereau, 90 to 100 fathoms. 



322. Capt. Charles Anderson and crew, sch. Alice G. Wonson. 

 Five specimens of great bush-coral (Primnoa reseda) and fragments of 

 tree-coral (Paragorgia arborea), perforated cushion - star (Trent aster mira- 

 bilis) ; from near George's Bank, 100 to 250 fathoms. 



323. Joseph Shemelia, sch. William H. Baymond. A number of 

 young fish of different species, small Crustacea (Synidotea nodulosa), par- 

 asites of cod (JEga psora), stemmed sea-peach (Boltenia Bolteni), hermit- 

 crab, variegated serpent star (OpMopliolis acideata), and four large pec- 

 ten shells with hydroids and barnacles attached; from George's Bank. 



324. Capt, B. J. Boper, sch. Esther Ward. A large rock covered 

 with shells, barnacles, and hydroids ; and a pecten shell covered with 

 barnacles and sponge; from Eastern George's, 48 fathoms. 



325. Capt. Andrew Nelson, sch. Carleton. A finger-sponge 

 (Ghalina); from Brown's Bank, 4G fathoms. 



326. Captain and crew, sch. Farragut. A large star-fish (Hippasteria), 

 shells and rocks; from Ipswich Bay, 16 fathoms. 



327. John I. Wilson, sch. Polar Wave, Captain Gilpatrick. Spe- 

 cies of Ly codes until recently known only from the coast of Greenland, 

 pug-nosed eel, seven soft corals (Alcyonium carneum), sea-cauliflower 

 (Alcyonium multiflorum), large fragment of jointed bush-coral (Acanella 

 Normani), large flowered coral (Antliomastus grandiflorus), warty bush- 

 coral (Paramurieea borealis), four ruffled sea-roses (Actinernus nobilis), 

 three of Lamarck's basket-fish (Astrophyton Lamarckii), fringed star-fish 

 (AsteriassteUionura), perforated cushion-star (Tremastermirabilis), sponge 

 ( Thecoplwra ibla), worms, and a rock ; from lat. 44° 32' N., long. 57° 9' W., 

 220 fathoms. Also a spiny sea-feather (Pennatula aculeata), two great 

 northern sea-feathers (PennatulaboreaUs), and three Fininark sea-feathers 

 (Balticina FinmarcMca); from lat. 43° S' N., long. 53° 27' W., 180 

 fathoms. 



328. Capt. Thomas F. Hodgdon and crew, sch. Bessie W. Somes. A 

 great northern sea-feather (Pennatula borealis), and a Fininark sea- 

 feather (Balticina FinmarcMca) with a sea-anemone (Urticina) attached; 

 from the Grand Banks. 



329. Capt. John Gourville, sch. Bebecca Bartlett. A small eel- 

 X^out (Zoarces anguillaris), two slime-eels (Myxine glutinosa), and a her- 

 mit-crab ; from the eastern part of George's Bank, 46 fathoms. 



330. Capt. Charles Y. Moulton, sch. Peter D. Smith. A lamper- 



