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velvet-star (Archaster tenuispina), Lamarck's basket-fish {Astrophyton 

 LamarcJcii), great club-sponge (Cladorhiza grandis), eggs of black dog- 

 fish, and spiral egg cases; from the south-central part of Western Bank. 

 Also a bunch of rockweed covered with barnacles from the same place, 

 and a potato dropped overboard one day and, found in a halibut's 

 stomach the next. 



448. Capt. Geo. A. Johnson and crew, sch. Augusta H. Johnson. A 

 rare species of crab, black dog-fish ( Centroscymnus ccelolepis), Greenland 

 dog-fish ( Centroscyllium Fdbricii), lancet-mouth {Alepidosaurus ferox), chi- 

 msera {Chimwra plumbca), mackerel shark (Lamna cornabica), skate 

 (Raia granulataf), long-nose eel {Synaphobranchus pinnatusf), pug-nose 

 eels {Simenchelys parasiticus), and a lamprey {Petromyzon); from lat. 42° 

 37' N., long. 62° 55' W., 200 fathoms. 



449. Capt. Knud Markuson and crew, sch. Notice. A fine speci- 

 men of the lancet-mouth {Alepidosaurus ferox), from about the same 

 locality as the preceding. 



450. George Sawyer, East Gloucester. A pipe-fish (Syngnathus), 

 caught at Wonson's wharf, Gloucester. 



451. Capt. John McInniss and crew, sch. M. H. Perkins. A fine 

 specimen of the lancet-mouth {Alepidosaurus ferox); from lat. 43° G' N., 

 long. Gl° 18' W., 200 fathoms. 



452. Geo. W. Scott, sch. Ocean King. Numerous specimens of La- 

 marck's basket-fish {Astrophyton Lamarclcii), common star-fish {Asterias 

 vulgaris), star-fishes {Crossaster papposus, Astrophyton eucnemis), Sars's 

 serpent-stars {Ophioglypha Sarsii), black clams {Glyeimeris siliqua),ho\o- 

 thurian, sponge, internal parasites of codfish and a sond dab {Hippoglos- 

 soides platessoides); from Sable Island Bank, 9 miles northeast of the 

 northeast light of Sable Island, 60 fathoms. 



453. Geo. W.. Scott, sch. Ocean King. Basket star-fish {Astrophyton), 

 rosy, many-rayed star {Crossaster papposus), fringed star-fish {Asterias 

 stellionura), green sea-eggs {Strong ylocentrotus Drobachiensis), flesh- 

 colored soft coral {Alcyonium carneum), red spider-crabs {Hyas coarcta- 

 tus, Hyas araneus), ascidians, Iceland scallops {Pecten Islandicus), Green- 

 laud round clam {Serripes Greenland ica), and other mollusks, worms {Aphro- 

 dita, &c), rock perforated by boring shells and with bryozoans attached, 

 stone barnacle {Balanus crenatus), algre taken from a cod stomach, com- 

 mon flat-fish {Pleuronectes americanus), and a " lant " {Ammodytes du- 

 bius ?); from the Grand Banks, Virgin Rock bearing N. E. by N . 30 miles, 40 

 fathoms, June 25 and 2t>, 1879; also a sculpin {Cottus scorpius subspecies 

 gronlandicus), a rare blenny {Gymnelis viridis), male and female capelin 

 {Mallotus villosus) and their spawn, and some brook trout {Salvelinus fon- 

 ti nails); from Miquelon Island; also male capelin from Cape Breton, 

 N. S. 



451. Capt. Joseph W. Collins, sch. Marion. A large specimen of 

 the gold-banded bush-coral {Keratoisis ornata) ; from lat. 44° 14' N., long. 

 58° 3' W., 300 fathoms. 



