[31] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 817 



355. Mr. Everett P. Wonson, East Gloucester. A large flowered 

 sea-feather ( Virgularia grandifiora). 



35G. Matt. Ryan, sch. Seth Stockbridge. Seven sea-anemones and 

 a great northern sea-feather (Pennatida borealis); from Green Bank. 



357. Capt "Augustus Cunningham, sch. Geo. A. Upton. A sea- 

 monse (Aphrodita aculeata) taken from the stomach of a codtish, off 

 Pubnico, K S. 



358. Capt. John Q. Getohell, sch. Otis P. Lord. Lump-fish (Cy- 

 elopterus Iwmpus), four-bearded rocklings (Enchelyopus cimbrius), young 

 dog-fish (Squalus acanthi a), lant (Ammodytes), several species of crabs, 

 sea-mouse (Aphrodita), shells, large bunches of stone barnacles (Batanns 

 porcatus), finger-sponges (Chalina), and rocks covered with sponges, 

 barnacles, shells, bryozoans, and hydroids; from Clark's Bank. 



359. Capt. Greenwood and crew, sch. Sultana. Stemmed sea- 

 peaches (Boltenia Bolteni), great sea-cucumbers (Pentacta frondosa), 

 variegated serpent-star (Ophiopholis aculeata), hermit-crab, red spider- 

 crab (Hyas eoarctatus), small lobster, soft coral, yellow cake-sponge, 

 hydroids (Diphasia rosacea, Sertularella tricuspidata, Sertularia argcntea), 

 and bryozoa (Caberca Ellisii, GcmeUaria lorieata); from Clark's Bank, 

 80 fathoms. 



300. Capt. George • H. Curtis and crew, sch. Conductor. Two new 

 branching sponges, great club-sponge ( Cladorhiza grandis), large flowered 

 sea-feathers (Virgularia grandifiora), common serpent-star (Ophiacantha 

 bidentata), sea-anemones, sea-spiders (Pycnogonum littorale, Nymphon), 

 hydroids (Sertularella potyzonias var. rdbusta), and rocks with rare bryo- 

 zoans attached. 



361. P. H. Hurlburt, sch. Franklin S. Schenck. A large finger- 

 sponge (Chalina)', from 12 miles off Sankaty Head, Nantucket, 15 

 fathoms. 



362. Capt. William Herrick:, sch. Augusta Herrick. A mackerel- 

 midge (Phycis, sp.); found on the vessel's deck, after dressing mackerel, 

 in Int. 38° 13' N., long. 73° 56' W. 



:;(;;'). Capt. Charles V. Moulton, sch.JPeter D. Smith. Lant (Am- 

 modytes) ^ black clams (Glyeimeris siliqua) taken from the stomach of cod, 

 rare small star-fish (Leptasterias Gronlandica), red spider-crabs (Hyas 

 eoarctatus), stone barnacles (Balanus porcatus), and sponges; from West- 

 ern George's Bank*. 



364. John I. Wilson, sch. Polar Wave, Captain Gilpatrick. Horned 

 black dog-fish (Gentroscyllium Fabricii), a small ground-shark (Centro- 

 scymnus ccelolepis), long-nosed eel (Synaphobranchus pinnatus), four speci- 

 mens of bush-corals (Primnoa reseda and Acanella Normani), fragments 

 of tree-coral (Paragorgia arborea), a specimen of Acanthogorgia armata, 

 soft coral (Alcyonium carneum), sea-cauliflower (Alcyonium multiflorwm), 

 a hydroid (Cladocarpus), small feather-star (Antedon Sarsii), and yellow 

 cuke sponge; from lat. 44° 30' K, long. 57° 8' W., 200 fathoms. 



305. Capt. Thomas Goodwin and crew, sch. Howard. A fine collec- 

 S. Miss. 59 52 



