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years ago by Rev. Geo. D. Reed; but that spot is now covered 

 with cottages. Diligent inquiry of the natives failed to reveal 

 the hiding place of H. hortensis. Though two men assured me 

 they had seen it, when they gave their descriptions I concluded 

 one had found hermit crabs and the other fiddler crabs. Some 

 people lacks " eddication. " 



Dredging and dip-net work revealed a few interesting facts. 

 In Nantucket harbor Odostomia seminuda is large and abundant, 

 while other Odostomias are scarce. The opposite is the rule at 

 Woods Hole. Crepidula fornicata is exceedingly abundant. 

 Every haul of the dredge brings up many clusters of from ten 

 to twenty specimens clinging to each other. 



Katama Bay, near Edgartown, is an interesting dredging 

 ground. Results there were similar to Nantucket. The species 

 found at Nantucket are : 



Orepidida fornicata, 

 Crepidida plana, 

 Busycon canaliculatus, 

 Busycon carica, 

 Venus mercenaria, 

 Area transversa, 

 Anomia simplex, 

 Odostomia seminuda, 

 Odostomia bartschi, 

 Odostomia bisuturalis, 

 P. {Syrnola) producta, 

 Nucula proxima, 

 Montacuta planulata, 

 Chaetopleura apiculata. 



Nassa. trivittata, 

 Astyris lunata, 

 Anachis avara, 

 Bittium nigrum, 

 Melampus lineatus, 

 Tornatina canalicida ta , 

 Bela plicata, 

 Oingxda minuta, 

 Ceriihiopsis terehralis, 

 Lacuna vincta, 

 Turhonilla winkleyi, 

 Turbonilla nivea, 

 Turbonilla vinae, 

 Turbonilla elegantula. 



At Katama Bay, Martha's Vineyard : 



Crepidida fornicata, 

 Callocardia morrhuana, 

 Venus mercenaria, 

 Anomia simplex, 

 Laevicardium mortoni, 

 Tagelus gibbus, 

 Odostomia seminuda, 

 P. (Syrnola) producta, 

 Nucula proxima, 

 Nucida lateralis, 

 Tellina tenera, 

 Chaetopleura apiculata, 



Nassa trivittata, 

 Astyris lunata, 

 Bittium nigrum, 

 Tornatina canaliculata, 

 Bela, plicata, 

 Ceriihiopsis terebrcdis, 

 Eupleura caudata, 

 Busycon carica, 

 Haminea solitaria, 

 Turbonilla winHeyi, 

 Turbonilla elegantula. 



