98 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I28 



Natica clausa 2 



Egg collars of Polinices Several 



Velutina plicatilis 2 



V. lanigera i 



Macoma calcarea Few 



Mya japonica i small 



9-13-49 The major portion of the Themisto libellula are still alive. 



9-14-49 All the Themisto are dead. Three badly battered Echiurus were on 

 the beach at noon, also 11 male and one female capelin, dead. 



9-15-49 Morning: A thin line of Themisto libellula along the beach about 

 2 feet above the water line, and with them a few Melita formosa. 

 A few Cyanea of the whitish type were in the water. 



9-18-49 Afternoon: Waves scouring the beach. A good deal of sediment in 

 the water. 



9-19-49 Morning: Sediment in the water. A few Melita formosa on the beach, 

 alive. 

 Evening : A heavy surf scouring the beach. Water cloudy with sedi- 

 ment. Many animals were being washed ashore: 



Antinoe sarsi Few to common 



Arenicola glacialis 4 



Themisto libellula Common 



Anonyx nugax Common 



Melita formosa Few to common 



Unidentified amphipod 4 



Idotaega entomon Rare 



/. sabini Rare to few 



Pagurus splendescens 2 large 



P. trig onoc heir Its Few, small 



Natica clausa I 



Arctic cod Few (2 very young) 



Fish, unidentified I 



Twenty-five different animals were washed ashore on 9-12-49 and 13 

 species on 9-19-49. Of these 13 species only six duplicated the ones 

 found on 9-12-49. 

 9-20-49 Morning: Surf medium heavy. Still scouring the beach and washing 

 well up on the beach. With the exception of Themisto libellula, 

 which form a thin line along the beach, fewer animals were washed 

 ashore than on the night of 9-19-49. The phronimids are still alive 

 and each large wave washes more ashore. 



